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/loricariidae/pseudancistrus/nigrescens/4.jpg "Pseudancistrus nigrescens(4) Habitat, Rio Uraricoera - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Pseudancistrus nigrescens Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Common Name(s) | L299 |
| Type Locality | Amatuk, Guyana. |
| Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. |
| 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 | Upper Rupununi River Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi, Upper Rupununi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1) |
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| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Jan 27 07:21 (species record created: 2006 Jul 29 00:00) |
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