All Fishes LORICARIIDAEHypostominae ⇒ The genus Hemiancistrus

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SpeciesThere are 17 "species" in our database. Hemiancistrus sp. (L128) is the most commonly kept (k: 3). Hemiancistrus sp. (L128) has the most images (i: 37).
Keepers1 species ( 5%) are being kept by registered keepers
EtymologyGreek, hemi = the half. While the Greek, agkistron = hook, is thought to be the root of the term ancistrus, hemiancistrus can be taken to mean that these species have a part (not exactly HALF) of the features of the genus Ancistrus, but not ALL of the features.
SizeSmallest 74 mm, largest 390 mm, average 178mm, most commonly 180mm. All SL.
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