Description

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Common Names

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祕魯毛口鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

秘鲁毛口鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Carachama , Spanish , Peru

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus marcapatae (Regan, 1904)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Inambari River basin in the Madeira River drainage, Peru.

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal