Pseudancistrus orinoco | |
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Genus: | Pseudancistrus |
Species: | P. orinoco
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Binomial name | |
Pseudancistrus orinoco (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988)
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Synonyms | |
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Pseudancistrus orinoco[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Orinoco basin. The species reaches 10 cm (3.9 in) in total length.[3]
P. orinoco sometimes appears in the aquarium trade, where it is typically known either as the large-snouted pleco or by its associated L-number, which is L-126.[4] While initially described as Lithoxancistrus orinoco (a name which is still used for the species by some sources[4][1]), it was reclassified as a member of Pseudancistrus by Jonathan W. Armbruster of Auburn University in 2004.[5]