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Ancistrus tombador

Ancistrus tombador

Classification

Ancistrus tombador 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 tombador was first formally described in 2016 by the ichthyologists Sonia Fisch-Muller, who is Swiss, Alexandre Rodrigues Cardoso, José Francisco Pezzi da Silva and Vinicius de Araújo Bertaco, who are Brazilian, with its type locality given as on thed MT-338 road, about 26 km (16 mi) southeast from Porto dos Gaúchos, at 11°39'27"S, 57°12'07"W,…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog