Pseudancistrus barbatus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Pseudancistrus barbatus** (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
Common Name	Wreath Pleco
Type Locality	La Mana R., 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).
Species Information
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.
Habitat Information
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 species occurence data on a map.
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.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
References	Hist. Nat. Poiss.v. 15 - pp506
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Last Update	2012 Apr 19 13:32 (species record created: 2003 Dec 19 00:00)