Andeancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America. 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]
^ abLujan, 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.
Andeancistrus platycephalus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Zamora River basin...
Andeancistrus eschwartzae is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the...
considered a separate subfamily as Ancistrinae) Acanthicus Ancistrus Andeancistrus Araichthys Baryancistrus Chaetostoma Cordylancistrus Corymbophanes Dekeyseria...
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