Lasiancistrus caucanus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Lasiancistrus caucanus** Eigenmann, 1912
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Cartago, the Cauca, Colombia.
Pronunciation	LASS ee an SISS truss
Etymology	Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook Named after the river which it's native to.
Species Information
Size	160mm (6.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Per Armbruster, nuptial males with whiskerlike odontodes at the anterolateral corner of the snout, else as in genus description.
General Remarks	CLOFFSCA lists 17.5cm TL.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Lasiancistrus caucanus has a trans-Andean distribution in the ríos Magdalena, Atrato, San Juan, Tuyra, and Bayano drainages of Colombia and Panamá. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Atrato (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Panama Pacific Rivers, Tuira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Panama Pacific Rivers, Chepo, Bayano (Upper Chepo) (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Ind. Univ. StudiesNo. 16 [sic No. 8] - pp11
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Sep 22 13:11 (species record created: 2004 Nov 11 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Lasiancistrus caucanus Eigenmann, 1912

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Cartago, the Cauca, Colombia.

Pronunciation

LASS ee an SISS truss

Etymology

Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook Named after the river which it's native to.

Species Information

Size

160mm (6.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Sexing

Per Armbruster, nuptial males with whiskerlike odontodes at the anterolateral corner of the snout, else as in genus description.

General Remarks

CLOFFSCA lists 17.5cm TL.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Lasiancistrus caucanus has a trans-Andean distribution in the ríos Magdalena, Atrato, San Juan, Tuyra, and Bayano drainages of Colombia and Panamá.
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Atrato (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Pacific Rivers, Tuira (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Pacific Rivers, Chepo, Bayano (Upper Chepo) (click on these areas to find other species found there)