Ancistrus temminckii
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. temminckii |
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| Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes, 1840)[1] | |
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Ancistrus temminckii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This catfish is found in the Guianas.
Taxonomy
Ancistrus temminckii was first formally described as Hypostomus temminckii by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes in volume 15 of Histoire naturelle des poissons with its type locality given as Suriname.[1] Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies the genus Ancistrus in the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes, within the suckermouth armored catfish family Loricariidae.[2] It has also been classified in the tribe Ancistrini by some authorities.[3]
Etymology
Ancistrus temminckii is classified in the genus Ancistrus, a name coined by Rudolf Kner, but when he proposed the genus he did not explain the etymology of the name. It is thought to be from the Greek ágkistron, meaning a "fish hook" or the "hook of a spindle", a reference to the hooked odontodes on the interopercular bone. The specific name, temminckii, honours the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who was director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden, and who provided Valenciennes with the holotype.[4]
Description
Ancistrus temminckii reaches a standard length of 9.84 cm (3.87 in).[5] Ancistrus species develop soft, bushy tentacles on the snout when sexually mature, these are better developed in the males than they are in females.[6] This species has wide naked edge to the snout, the raisable odontodes on the interopecular are hook like and the tentacles on the sbouts of males are forked. The boidy is marked with clearly marked bright ornage spots.[7]
Distribution and habit
Ancistrus temminckii is found in the Saramacca River and Maroni river basons in Suriname and French Guiana.[5] It has been introduced to streams on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii.[8] These fishes are found in small to medium-sized forest streams with a moderate current and a sandy or rocky substrate.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ancistrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypostominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ Armbruster, J. W. and N. K. Lujan (2025). "New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (4)): 1–32. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0108.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf (18 January 2026). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ancistrus temminckii". FishBase. February 2026 version.
- ↑ "Cat-eLog LORICARIIDAE Hypostominae Ancistrus temminckii". PlanetCatfish.com. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes, 1840)". ScotCat.com. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "Ancistrus cf. temminckii". Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. United States Geological Survey. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2026.