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Ancistrus mullerae Bifi, Pavanelli & Zawadzki, 2009

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Paraná State, Três Barras do Paraná, lower Rio Iguaçu basin, affluent of Rio Iguaçu, Rio Guarani, MZUSP 104121 (holotype of Ancistrus mullerae, 11.91 cm SL, male). Known from the ower Rio Iguaçu basin, upstream from Cataratas do Iguaçu, Southern Brazil (Ref. 83296)..
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bifi, A.G., C.S. Pavanelli and C.H. Zawadzki, 2009
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335);  mullerae: Named for Sonia Fisch-Muller, from the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève (MHNG), Switzerland..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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