Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 4. Diagnosis: presence of numerous fleshy oval flaps along the border of lower lip and several small papillae. Long male pectoral fin (Ref. 52458).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Loricariidae

Genus: Hemiancistrus

Species: Hemiancistrus megalopteryx Cardoso, 2004

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

demersal