Ancistrus vericaucanus

Ancistrus vericaucanus[1][2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basin of the Cauca River, which is a tributary of the Magdalena River, in Colombia. It reaches 7.2 cm (2.8 inches) SL. Its congener Ancistrus caucanus was once thought to inhabit the Cauca River basin and was named after the river itself, but it was determined in 2013 that A. caucanus was not actually native to the Cauca. The specific epithet of A. vericaucanus means "true caucanus", in reference to the misleading name of A. caucanus.[3]

Ancistrus vericaucanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species:
A. vericaucanus
Binomial name
Ancistrus vericaucanus
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013

References

  1. "Ancistrus vericaucanus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Ancistrus vericaucanus". FishBase.


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