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Ancistrus cuiabae

Ancistrus cuiabae

Classification

Ancistrus cuiabae 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 cuiabae was first formally described in 1999 by the German ichthyologist and aquarist Joachim Knaack with its type locality given as the Pantanal, 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Poconé, in a permanent pool of the Bento Gomes River in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog