Description

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Common Names

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短線鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短线鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Barbón , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus brevifilis Eigenmann, 1920

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Tuy River basin, Venezuela.

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal