Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7. Distinguished from all other ancistrins by coloration, lacking a connection between the dorsal and adipose fins and having less than 30 teeth per jaw ramus (Ref. 56038).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hemiancistrus

Species: Hemiancistrus subviridis Werneke, Sabaj Pérez, Lujan & Armbruster, 2005

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found most frequently in cracks and interstitial spaces of granitic rocks in flowing water (Ref. 56038).

Habitat

demersal