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Pseudancistrus
Pseudancistrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Bearded Catfish
speciesPseudancistrus barbatus

Pseudancistrus kayabi
speciesPseudancistrus kayabi

Pseudancistrus papariae
speciesPseudancistrus papariae

Pseudancistrus genisetiger
speciesPseudancistrus genisetiger

Pseudancistrus depressus
speciesPseudancistrus depressus
Pseudancistrus nigrescens
speciesPseudancistrus nigrescens

Pseudancistrus kwinti
speciesPseudancistrus kwinti
Pseudancistrus asurini
speciesPseudancistrus asurini
Pseudancistrus zawadzkii
speciesPseudancistrus zawadzkii
Pseudancistrus guentheri
speciesPseudancistrus guentheri
Pseudancistrus corantijniensis
speciesPseudancistrus corantijniensis
Pseudancistrus coquenani
speciesPseudancistrus coquenani
Pseudancistrus reus
speciesPseudancistrus reus
Pseudancistrus megacephalus
speciesPseudancistrus megacephalus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 91400.