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Scientific Name | Pseudancistrus barbatus (Valenciennes, 1840) |
Common Name | Wreath Pleco |
Type Locality | La Mana River, French Guiana. |
Synonym(s) | Hypostomus barbatus, Hypostomus guttatus, Plecostomus barbatus, Pseudancistrus guttatus |
Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. This specific epithet literally means bearded(barbatus=bearded). |
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Size | 200mm or 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. |
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Distribution | South America: Oyapock, Mana, Maroni, Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo River basins. Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Marowijne (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Mana (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Suriname (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
Other Parameters | Occurs in rapids where it lives in the rocky anfractuosities in the strong current zones. The length of the male snout bristles might be related with the hierarchic level of the individual within the population. |
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Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
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Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15, pp 506. |
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Last Update | 2019 Sep 29 02:47 (species record created: 2003 Dec 19 00:00) |