Cordylancistrus platycephalus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Cordylancistrus platycephalus** (Boulenger, 1898)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Río Bomboiza, Upper Amazon, e. Ecuador.
Synonym(s)	Chaetostomus platycephalus, Hemiancistrus platycephalus
Etymology	(Greek)Kordyle = Club, swelling + (Greek) agkistron = hook, referring to its wide head.
Species Information
Size	145mm (5.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Zamora River basin in the upper Marañon River drainage. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Upper Marañón, Santiago, Zamora (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	Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino v. 13 (no. 329) 12
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Cordylancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)

None

Río Bomboiza, Upper Amazon, e. Ecuador.

Chaetostomus platycephalus, Hemiancistrus platycephalus

(Greek)Kordyle = Club, swelling + (Greek) agkistron = hook, referring to its wide head.

Species Information

145mm (5.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

South America: Zamora River basin in the upper Marañon River drainage.
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Upper Marañón, Santiago, Zamora (click on these areas to find other species found there)