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Ancistrus bufonius

Ancistrus bufonius

Classification

Ancistrus bufonius 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 found in South America in Bolivia and Peru. Taxonomy Ancistrus bufonius was first formally described by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes in volume 15 of Histoire naturelle des poissons published in 1840, with its type locality given as the Apurímac River in Peru, from an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 9