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Cryptancistrus similis Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Found in the upper Parú de Oeste River based on a single specimen (Ref. 116863).
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Main Ref: Fisch-Muller, S., J.H.A. Mol and R. Covain, 2018
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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: Cryptancistrus: Derived from the Greek names kryptos (hidden), and ankistron (hook), in reference to the genera Ancistrus, type genus of the tribe Ancistrini to which it and Guyanancistrus, to which it is externally the most similar, belong.;  similis: From the Latin similis, meaning similar, in reference to the strong morphological resemblance between the new species of Cryptancistrus and the type species of Guyanancistrus, G. brevispinis..

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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