Description

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Common Names

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Hvidbræmmet sugemalle , Danish , Denmark

Gelbpunkt-Antennenwels , German , Germany

白点鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

白點鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus leucostictus (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Essequibo River basin and possibly all main Guianan rivers to the Oyapock River.

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal