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Acanthobunocephalus

Acanthobunocephalus nicoi is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acanthobunocephalus of the family Aspredinidae. This species is known from only three localities and appears to be restricted to the upper Orinoco River system of Venezuela and possibly the upper Rio Negro system of Brazil.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Acanthobunocephalus scruggsi

speciesAcanthobunocephalus scruggsi

Acanthobunocephalus nicoi

speciesAcanthobunocephalus nicoi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86171.