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Lasiancistrus wiwa

Lasiancistrus wiwa

Classification

Lasiancistrus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in southern Central America and South America. Taxonomy Lasiancistrus was first proposed as a subgenus of Ancistrus in 1904 by the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan with Chaetostomus heteracanthus designated as the type species in 1910 by Carl H.

Distribution

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