Andeancistrus platycephalus
Andeancistrus platycephalus[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Zamora River basin, which is part of the upper Marañon River drainage in Ecuador. The species reaches 14.5 cm (5.7 inches) in total length.[2] The species was known as Cordylancistrus platycephalus until a 2015 reclassification, when Nathan K. Lujan, Vanessa Meza-Vargas, and Ramiro Barriga-Salazar constructed the genera Andeancistrus and Transancistrus.[3]
| Andeancistrus platycephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Andeancistrus |
| Species: | A. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) | |
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References
- "Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Andeancistrus platycephalus". FishBase.
- Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015): Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia, 103 (3): 651-663.
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