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Ancistrus multispinis (Regan, 1912)

Description

Common Names

  • 多棘鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 多棘鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Barbadinho , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Pegasti rogatec , Slovene , Slovenia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Loricariidae

    Genus: Ancistrus

    Species: Ancistrus multispinis (Regan, 1912)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Atlantic coastal drainage of eastern Brazil, from Macacú River in the north to Maquiné River in the south.

    • Biology

    Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

    Habitat

    demersal