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Hypancistrus
Hypancistrus is a genus of loricariid catfish originating from the Amazon basin in South America. Unlike many of the other Loricariids, however, some Hypancistrus species are more carnivorous and enjoy meat in their diet. Hypancistrus species are popular aquarium fish, including such popular fish as the zebra pleco and Queen Arabesque pleco.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Zebra Pleco
speciesHypancistrus zebra
Hypancistrus debilittera
speciesHypancistrus debilittera
Hypancistrus contradens
speciesHypancistrus contradens
Hypancistrus furunculus
speciesHypancistrus furunculus
Hypancistrus parkateje
speciesHypancistrus parkateje
Hypancistrus vandragti
speciesHypancistrus vandragti
Inspector Catfish
speciesHypancistrus inspector
Hypancistrus phantasma
speciesHypancistrus phantasma
Hypancistrus lunaorum
speciesHypancistrus lunaorum
Hypancistrus margaritatus
speciesHypancistrus margaritatus
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 88996.