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Cordylancistrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus: Cordylancistrus
Isbrücker, 1980
Type species
Pseudancistrus torbesensis
Schultz, 1944

Cordylancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfish native to South America. It is much the same as Chaetostoma. The few differences are a wider head, longer cheek odontodes, and plates on the snout. Cordylancistrus can be found in rivers and streams high in the Andes, from Venezuela to Colombia. [1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Cordylancistrus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. ^ Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia, 103 (3): 664-701.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cordylancistrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus: Cordylancistrus
Isbrücker, 1980
Type species
Pseudancistrus torbesensis
Schultz, 1944

Cordylancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfish native to South America. It is much the same as Chaetostoma. The few differences are a wider head, longer cheek odontodes, and plates on the snout. Cordylancistrus can be found in rivers and streams high in the Andes, from Venezuela to Colombia. [1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Cordylancistrus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. ^ Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia, 103 (3): 664-701.



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