/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/sp(l440)/1.jpg "Pseudancistrus sp. (L440)(1) - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/sp(l440)/2.jpg "Pseudancistrus sp. (L440)(2) - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/sp(l440)/3.jpg "Pseudancistrus sp. (L440)(3) - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/sp(l440)/4.jpg "Pseudancistrus sp. (L440)(4) - Click to enlarge")
/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/sp(l440)/5.jpg "Pseudancistrus sp. (L440)(5) - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Pseudancistrus sp. (L440) |
| Common Name(s) | L440 (, ) |
| Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. |
| Species Information | |
| 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 | Rio Jatapu. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Jatapu (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jan 27 08:42 (species record created: 2011 Jan 15 03:20) |
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