Description

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Common Names

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汤氏鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

湯氏鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cascudo de espinhos , Portuguese , Brazil

Cascudo-roseta , Portuguese , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Ancistrus

Species: Ancistrus taunayi Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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South America: Middle Uruguay River basin.

Biology

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Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

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demersal