Biology:Ancistrus malacops
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Short description: Species of catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. malacops
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)
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Ancistrus malacops[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Ampiyacu River basin in Peru. FishBase states that the species reaches 7.7 cm (3 inches) SL,[2] although larger specimens, including one of 11.78 cm (4.6 inches) SL from the Gustavo Orcés V. Natural History Museum in Quito, Ecuador, are known.[3]
References
- ↑ "ITIS – Report: Ancistrus malacops". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680017#null.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2022). "Ancistrus malacops". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/50281.
- ↑ "Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/5961460/treatments.
Wikidata ☰ Q5548983 entry
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