Description

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Common Names

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Skægget sugemalle , Danish , Denmark

Catfish , English , Uruguay

Jumbie teta , English , Trinidad Tobago

Antennenwels , German , Germany

须鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鬚鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cascudo , Portuguese , Argentina

Cascudo-roseta , Portuguese , Argentina

Cascudo roseta , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Pega pega , Spanish , Argentina

Raspabalsa , Spanish , Ecuador

Vieja , Spanish , Argentina

Vieja de agua , Spanish , Uruguay

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus cirrhosus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Paraná River basin.

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabits streams, from highly turbid standing water over a heavy clay substratum to free flowing clear water over gravel. Algae-eater (Ref. 6868).

Habitat

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demersal