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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 13614)

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South America: Xingu and Tocantins River basins in Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111518); max. published weight: 153.67 g (Ref. 111518)

Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabits clear running water, without a strong current to a depth of 3 meters during dry season. Prefers narrow cracks of submerged rocks, small passages between superimposed rocks, or lives below flat rocks on the bottom.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Fisch-Muller, Sonia | Collaborators

Muller, S., L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel and J. Zuanon, 1994. Ancistrus ranunculus, a new species of loricariidae fish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu and Tocantins rivers, Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 5(4):289-296. (Ref. 26707)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (A3c); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Ancistrus ranunculus Muller, Rapp Py-Daniel & Zuanon, 1994