Biology:Ancistrus cryptophthalmus
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Short description: Species of catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. cryptophthalmus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis, 1987
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Ancistrus cryptophthalmus[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a troglomorphic species that is native to South America and occurs only in the São Vicente and Angélica-Bezerra cave system in the Paranã River basin, which is part of the Tocantins River drainage in Brazil. The species reaches 6 cm (2.4 in) SL.[2] Alongside Ancistrus galani and A. formoso, this species displays characteristics unusual among loricariids, such as reduced pigmentation and atrophied eyes, which are adaptations to a subterranean habitat that can be found in various types of cavefish.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ancistrus cryptophthalmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=679999.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Ancistrus cryptophthalmus" in FishBase. 2021 version.
- ↑ Perez, Alfredo; Viloria, Ángel (January 1994). "Ancistrus galani n. sp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with comments on biospeleological explorations in western Venezuela". Mémoires de Biospéologie 21. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309505489.
Wikidata ☰ Q6431376 entry
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