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Ancistrus taunayi
Ancistrus taunayi 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 found in southeastern South America.
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Description
Ancistrus tauneyi reaches a standard length of 14 cm (5.5 in). Ancistrus species develop soft, bushy tentacles on the snout when sexually mature, these are better developed in the males than they are in females.
Range & habitat
Ancistrus tauneyi is endemic to Uruguay River basin in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. There is no information about the biolgy of this species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
Ancistrus taunayi is classified in the genus Ancistrus, a name coined by Rudolf Kner, but when he proposed the genus he did not explain the etymology of the name. It is thought to be from the Greek ágkistron, meaning a "fish hook" or the "hook of a spindle", a reference to the hooked odontodes on the interopercular bone. The specific name, tauneyi, honours the Brazilian historian and novelist Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay, who was director of the director of Museu Paulista.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 616159.