Pseudancistrus depressus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Pseudancistrus depressus**
Common Name(s)	None
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 Rio Orinoco Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	23.0-26.0°C or 73.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2012 Apr 19 13:27 (species record created: 2006 Aug 03 00:00)

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Pseudancistrus depressus

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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 Rio Orinoco
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)