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Lasiancistrus
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Lasiancistrus

Lasiancistrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in southern Central America and South America.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Lasiancistrus heteracanthus

speciesLasiancistrus heteracanthus

Lasiancistrus mayoloi

speciesLasiancistrus mayoloi

Lasiancistrus volcanensis

speciesLasiancistrus volcanensis

Lasiancistrus caucanus

speciesLasiancistrus caucanus

Lasiancistrus wiwa

speciesLasiancistrus wiwa

Lasiancistrus schomburgkii

speciesLasiancistrus schomburgkii

Lasiancistrus guacharote

speciesLasiancistrus guacharote

Lasiancistrus tentaculatus

speciesLasiancistrus tentaculatus

Lasiancistrus saetiger

speciesLasiancistrus saetiger

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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 89351.