Ancistrus is a genus of nocturnal freshwater fish in the family Loricariidae of order Siluriformes, native to freshwater habitats in South America and Panama. Fish of this genus are common in the aquarium trade where they are known as bushynose or bristlenose catfish. In the aquarium hobby they are often referred to as bushynose or bristlenose plecos instead, but this may lead to confusion as "pleco" usually is used for Hypostomus plecostomus and its allies and is often used as a catchall term for any loricariids remotely resembling that species.
species. The type species is Ancistrus cirrhosus. This genus is the largest genus within the tribe Ancistrini. The name ancistrus derives from the Ancient...
despite not being closely related to the Loracariidae. Loricariidae Ancistrus, often incorrectly called "bristlenose pleco" This page is an index of...
Ancistrus cirrhosus, the Jumbie teta, is a species of armored catfish found in the Paraná River basin of Argentina and Uruguay. This species grows to...
The bushymouth catfish (Ancistrus dolichopterus) is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil and Guyana. It is found in the middle Amazon basin and...
Ancistrus parecis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós River basin in Brazil...
other species in the genus Ancistrus: A. agostinhoi and A. mullerae. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Ancistrus abilhoai". FishBase. Bifi,...
Ancistrus leucostictus is a species of armored catfish native to Guyana where it is found in the Essequibo River basin. There have been reports that it...
been observed in the genus Ancistrus. "ITIS - Report: Ancistrus lineolatus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07. "Ancistrus lineolatus". fishbase. Fishbase...
Ancistrus greeni is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Madre de Dios River and Inambari...
Ancistrus karajas is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in headwater streams of the Parauapebas...
(2024). "Ancistrus patronus" in FishBase. February 2024 version. De Souza, L. S., Taphorn, D. C., & Armbruster, J. W. (2019). Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes:...
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