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Lasiancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Colombia country information

Common names: Corroncho
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from río Orinoco drainage (probably introduced in the collection site, a town connected with aquarium export business) and río Negro just downstream from main Villavicencio-Puerto Lopez highway at La Balsa, E side of river (Ref. 56920).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Armbruster, J.W., 2005
National Database:

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: Lasiancistrus: Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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