Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 3. Andeancistrus platycephalus is distinguished from its only congener, A. eschwartzae, by having light gray base color of head and body (vs. black to dark gray), uniformly shaped round white to light blue spots smaller smaller than half naris diameter evenly distributed across head, lateral and dorsal surfaces of body and fin rays (vs. irregularly shaped round to vermiculate yellow-gold spots); and by the presence of enlarged clusters of odontodes (keels) at posteromedial apex of most lateral body plates (vs. absence of odontode clusters) (Ref. 104644).

Common Names

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平头半鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

平頭半鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Carachama , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Andeancistrus

Species: Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Zamora River basin in the upper Marañon River drainage, Ecuador.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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demersal