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Ancistrus minutus

Ancistrus minutus

Classification

Ancistrus minutus 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 minutus was first formally described in 2001 by the ichthyologists, Sonia Fisch-Muller, Rosana Mazzoni Buchas and Claude Weber, with its type locality given as the Batéias stream, a left bank tributary of the upper Tocantins River, at 13°49'S, 48°20'W, in Minaçu in the Brazilian state of Goiás.

Distribution

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