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Scientific Name Ancistomus spinosissimus  (Cardoso & Lucinda, 2003)
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Type Locality Rio Maranhão, near mouth of the rio Tocantinzinho, border of Niquelândia and Campinaçu, 13°5'25''S, 48°19'08''W, Goiás State, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Hemiancistrus spinosissimus
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Size 127mm or 5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Middle and upper Tocantins River and its tributaries, lower Amazon River basin, Brazil.
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Middle Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Upper Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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Reference Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 14 (no. 1), pp79, Fig. 4.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 26 07:48 (species record created: 2013 Jan 13 19:56)