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Hemiancistrus cerrado

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Species of catfish

Hemiancistrus cerrado
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hemiancistrus
Species: H. cerrado
Binomial name
Hemiancistrus cerrado
de Souza, Melo, Chamon & Armbruster, 2008

Hemiancistrus cerrado is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Araguaia River basin in the Tocantins River drainage in Brazil. It is usually found in rocky riffles in second-order streams. The species reaches 17 cm (6.7 inches) SL and is named for the Cerrado, the ecoregion in which it occurs.

References

  1. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Hemiancistrus cerrado)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hemiancistrus cerrado". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Hemiancistrus cerrado


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