Biology:Ancistrus karajas

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Short description: Species of catfish

Ancistrus karajas
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species:
A. karajas
Binomial name
Ancistrus karajas
de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zawadzki & Zuanon, 2016

Ancistrus karajas[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in headwater streams of the Parauapebas River, which is part of the Tocantins River basin in Brazil . The species was described in 2016 by Renildo R. de Oliveira, Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki, and Jansen A. S. Zuanon on the basis of morphology and color patterning.[2] FishBase does not list this species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q25354160 entry