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Hemiancistrus
Hemiancistrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. These catfishes are found in South America. The taxonomy of this genus is complex and unclear, and major work has to be done. Many of these fish are popular aquarium fish.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Hemiancistrus punctulatus
speciesHemiancistrus punctulatus
Hemiancistrus chlorostictus
speciesHemiancistrus chlorostictus
Green Phantom Pleco
speciesHemiancistrus subviridis
Hemiancistrus medians
speciesHemiancistrus medians
Hemiancistrus landoni
speciesHemiancistrus landoni
Hemiancistrus fuliginosus
speciesHemiancistrus fuliginosus
Hemiancistrus megalopteryx
speciesHemiancistrus megalopteryx
Hemiancistrus votouro
speciesHemiancistrus votouro
Hemiancistrus furtivus
speciesHemiancistrus furtivus
Hemiancistrus guahiborum
speciesHemiancistrus guahiborum
Hemiancistrus cerrado
speciesHemiancistrus cerrado
Hemiancistrus meizospilos
speciesHemiancistrus meizospilos
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 88784.