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| Scientific Name | Pseudancistrus barbatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) |
| Common Name(s) | Wreath Pleco |
| Type Locality | La Mana R., French Guiana. |
| Synonym(s) | Hypostomus barbatus, Hypostomus guttatus, Plecostomus barbatus, Pseudancistrus guttatus |
| Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. This specific epithet literally means bearded(barbatus=bearded). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 200mm (7.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Pseudancistrus is the only genus of the Ancistrini (former Ancistrinae) that lacks evertible cheek plates. Because of this characteristic, it has at times been placed in the Hypostominae. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Oyapock, Mana, Maroni, Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo River basins. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Maroni (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Mana (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Suriname (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Other Parameters | Occurs in rapids where it lives in the rocky anfractuosities in the strong current zones. The length of the male snout bristles might be related with the hierarchic level of the individual within the population. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Hist. Nat. Poiss.v. 15 - pp506 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2012 Apr 19 13:32 (species record created: 2003 Dec 19 00:00) |
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