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Lasiancistrus
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Lasiancistrus

Lasiancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes. They are native to South America and Panama.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Lasiancistrus heteracanthus

speciesLasiancistrus heteracanthus

Lasiancistrus mayoloi

speciesLasiancistrus mayoloi

Lasiancistrus volcanensis

speciesLasiancistrus volcanensis

Lasiancistrus caucanus

speciesLasiancistrus caucanus

Lasiancistrus wiwa

speciesLasiancistrus wiwa

Lasiancistrus guacharote

speciesLasiancistrus guacharote

Lasiancistrus schomburgkii

speciesLasiancistrus schomburgkii

Lasiancistrus tentaculatus

speciesLasiancistrus tentaculatus

Lasiancistrus saetiger

speciesLasiancistrus saetiger

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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 89351.