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Andeancistrus

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Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

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Cordylancistrus, Catfish, Exastilithoxus

Andeancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is diagnosable from all other members of the Chaetostoma group by having a fully plated snout, lacking cheek odontodes that extend past the opercular flap, and by having eight branched dorsal fin rays.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

  • Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015
  • Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)
  • References

    Andeancistrus Wikipedia


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