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Ancistrus agostinhoi

Ancistrus agostinhoi

Classification

Ancistrus agostinhoi 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 agostinhoi 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 the Foz do Jordão, in the lower Rio Iguaçu basin, at 25°39'12"S, 51°58'15"W, in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

Distribution

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