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Ancistrus nudiceps

Ancistrus nudiceps

Classification

Ancistrus nudiceps 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 nudiceps was first formally described as Hypostomus nudiceps in 1849 by the German zoologists Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel with its type locality given as Takutu in Guyana.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog