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Guyanancistrus teretirostris Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found only in the upper Kumbu Creek in the Brownsberg Nature Park, Brownsberg Mountains, at altitude 200±430 m above mean sea level (Ref. 116863).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fisch-Muller, S., J.H.A. Mol and R. Covain, 2018
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Guyanancistrus: Composed from Guyana + see under Ancistrus;  teretirostris: Derived from the Latin words teres, meaning rounded and smooth, and rostris, meaning snout. This is an allusion to the snout shape of this species..

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

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5.   Tropical; 23°C - 23°C (Ref. 116863)

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