Pseudancistrus orinoco • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudancistrus orinoco** (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988)
Common Name(s)	L126
Type Locality	Río Orinoco at the waterfall near Río Tuparro mouth, Vichada Prov., Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Lithoxancistrus orinoco
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. Species named after the river Orinoco where the type specimen was collected.
Species Information
Size	85mm (3.3") 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: Orinoco River and tributaries. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	25.0-27.0°C or 77-80.6°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Rev. Fr. Aquariol. v. 15 (no. 1) 14 Figs. 1-2
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2007 Jan 25 10:46 (species record created: 2003 Nov 09 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Pseudancistrus orinoco (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988)

Common Name(s)

L126

Type Locality

Río Orinoco at the waterfall near Río Tuparro mouth, Vichada Prov., Colombia.

Synonym(s)

Lithoxancistrus orinoco

Etymology

Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. Species named after the river Orinoco where the type specimen was collected.

Species Information

Size

85mm (3.3") 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: Orinoco River and tributaries.
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)