Ancistrus vericaucanus

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Ancistrus vericaucanus Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); vericaucanus: From veri, a Latin for true, and caucanus refers to Ancistrus caucanus, a species thought originally (but apparently mistakenly), to be from the Cauca River of northern Colombia. As it turns out, Ancistrus caucanusoccurs in the Magdalena River drainage, not in the Cauca. This new species then, is the true inhabitant of the Cauca River streams, hence the name vericaucanus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Upper Cauca River, a tributary to the Magdalena River in Colombia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93347)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

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Taphorn, D.C., J.W. Armbruster, F. Villa-Navarro and C.K. Ray, 2013. Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 3641(4):343-370. (Ref. 93347)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 07 October 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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