Description

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Common Names

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梨形鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

梨形鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pirambocaya , Not specified , Paraguay

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus piriformis Muller, 1989

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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South America: Acaray River basin in middle Paraná River drainage, Paraguay. Reported from Argentina (Ref. 56308).

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal