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Hypancistrus phantasma
Hypancistrus phantasma is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Vaupés River in the Rio Negro drainage in the Amazon basin in Brazil. The species reaches 12.3 cm (4.8 inches) SL. Its specific epithet means "phantom" in Latin, referring to the species' notable elusiveness and its pale coloration. It was described in 2016 by Milton Tan and Jonathan W. Armbruster on the basis of...
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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 616399.