Ancistrini is a tribe of catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Most are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several genus (Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Hemiancistrus and Lasiancistrus) in southern Central America.
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Ancistrini is a tribe of catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Most are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several...
and Rhinelepini, include about 24 genera. The fifth and largest tribe, Ancistrini (formerly recognized as its own subfamily), includes 30 genera. Loricariid...
Ancistrus cirrhosus. This genus is the largest genus within the tribe Ancistrini. The name ancistrus derives from the Ancient Greek agkistron "hook" –...
are popular aquarium fish. Peckoltia is a basal genus within the tribe Ancistrini of the subfamily Hypostominae. This genus is paraphyletic. At this point...
The zebra pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) is a species of catfish endemic to a small section of the Rio Xingu in Brazil. It occurs in the big bend area of the...
primus. It was first described in a 2020 study and placed within the tribe Ancistrini. Like other Loricariids, Yaluwak primus has plates of armor on its body...
subfamily Hypostominae found Corymbophanes to be nested within the tribe Ancistrini. Corymbophanes and its type species, C. andersoni, were first described...
Panaqolus maccus, commonly called the clown panaque, clown plecostomus, clown pleco, or ringlet pleco, is a dwarf loricariid. By numbering systems such...
Order: Siluriformes Family: Loricariidae Subfamily: Hypostominae Tribe: Ancistrini Genus: Panaque C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 Type species Chaetostomus...
are popular aquarium fish. Hemiancistrus is a genus within the tribe Ancistrini of the subfamily Hypostominae. This genus has long been used as a "dump"...
Acanthicus hystrix, the lyre-tail pleco, is a species of armored catfish native to the Amazon, Tocantins–Araguaia and Orinoco basins. It is typically found...
Lasiancistrus tentaculatus Armbruster, 2005 Unlike many other members of Ancistrini, the ranges of most of the Lasiancistrus species are quite broad. Lasiancistrus...
major: Description of One of the Largest Known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), A Species from rio Tocantins Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa. 4387(3); 499–510...
FishBase. Chamon C. C. (2015). Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North...
Panaqolus tankei is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Xingu River in Brazil. The species...
Hemiancistrus fuliginosus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Uruguay River basin...
Pseudacanthicus spinosus, commonly known as leopard pleco, is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil and Ecuador where it occurs in the Amazon Basin...
Neblinichthys brevibracchium is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Mazaruni River in...
adipose fin, a feature that distinguishes this species from the rest of the Ancistrini, except Baryancistrus niveatus, Parancistrus and Spectracanthicus. Baryancistrus...
Acanthicus adonis, the adonis pleco or polka dot lyre-tail pleco, is a large species of armored catfish. It was originally described from the lower Tocantins...
Peckoltia lineola is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Ventuari River...
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