Biology:Transancistrus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Transancistrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Transancistrus Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cordylancistrus santarosensis M. Tan & Armbruster, 2012 [1]
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Transancistrus is a genus of is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in Ecuador, where they occur in Pacific versant drainages. This genus is the sister taxon of the genus Andeancistrus and it has been suggested that these taxa were separated by the orogeny of the Andes.[2]
Species
Transancistrus contains the following currently recognized valid species:[3]
- Transancistrus aequinoctialis (Pellegrin, 1909)
- (M. Tan & Armbruster, 2012) Transancistrus santarosensis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Hypostominae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Hypostominae.
- ↑ Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015). "Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species". Copeia 103 (3): 651-663. doi:10.1643/CI-15-246.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Transancistrus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Transancistrus.
Wikidata ☰ Q21226284 entry
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