Description

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Common Names

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Catfish , English , Uruguay

Helmipartamonni , Finnish , Finland

Tüpfelantennenwels , German , Germany

点斑鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

盔鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

盔鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

裸鼻鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

裸鼻鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

食藻鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

食藻鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

點斑鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Bodozinho , Portuguese , Brazil

Carachama , Spanish , Ecuador

Carachama , Spanish , Peru

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 hoplogenys (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Amazon, Essequibo and Paraguay River basins. Reported from Suriname (Ref. 59052).

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal