/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/1.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/2.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
Rio San Juan, Choco, Colombia/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/3.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
Preserved specimen - Dorsal view/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/4.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
Preserved specimen - close-up of dorsal head view/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/5.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
Preserved specimen - lateral view/siluriformes/loricariidae/lasiancistrus/caucanus/6.jpg "Lasiancistrus caucanus")
Preserved specimen - close-up of head
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| Scientific Name | Lasiancistrus caucanus Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Cartago, Colombia. |
| Synonym(s) | Ancistrus planiceps, Lasiancistrus volcanensis |
| Pronunciation | LASS ee an SISS truss |
| Etymology | Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook Named after the river which it's native to. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 175mm or 6.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Adult Lasiancistrus can be separated from all other loricariids by the presence of whisker-like odontodes on the cheeks. In addition, they have evertible cheek odontodes; three rows of plates on the caudal peduncle; and a modified, bar-shaped opercle. The caudal fin is slightly emarginate to forked, with the lower lobe longer than upper. Nuptial males have tentacules on the pectoral-fin spines longer than their associated odontodes; and transluscent tentacules on the snout that have odontodes associated with them. Nuptial males lack hypertrophied odontodes on top of the head and lack long, bristle-like odontodes on the leading edge of the pectoral-fin spine. |
| Sexing | Per Armbruster, nuptial males with whiskerlike odontodes at the anterolateral corner of the snout, else as in genus description. |
| General Remarks | CLOFFSCA lists 17.5cm TL. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Cauca River basin, Colombia. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Atrato (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Pacific Rivers, San Juan (Colombia) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Panama Pacific Rivers, Tuira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Panama Pacific Rivers, Chepo, Bayano (Upper Chepo) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Middle Magdalena, San Bartolomé, Volcán (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Indiana University Studies No. 16 [sic No. 8], pp 11. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2023 Jul 09 07:03 (species record created: 2004 Nov 11 00:00) |