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Ancistrus abilhoai

Ancistrus abilhoai

Classification

Ancistrus abilhoai is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Ancistrus abilhoai was first formally described in 2009 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Alessandro Gasparetto Bifi, Carla Simone Pavanelli and Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki with its type locality given as Lapa in the middle Rio Iguaçu basin, at 25°47'35"S, 50°11'59"W, in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog