Andeancistrus
| Andeancistrus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Genus: | Andeancistrus Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Chaetostomus platycephalus | |
Andeancistrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. 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.[1]
Species
Andeancistrus contains the following valid species:[3]
- Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]
- Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) [1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 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. doi:10.1643/CI-15-246.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypostominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Andeancistrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2026.