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Scientific Name Dolichancistrus carnegiei  (Eigenmann, 1916)
Common Name
Type Locality Río San Gil, Santander, Río Magdalena system, Colombia.
Pronunciation dolly can SISS truss
Etymology Greek, dolichos = long + Greek, agkistron = hook - meaning "Long Ancistrus". 
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Size 170mm or 6.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Dolichancistrus is similar to Leptoancistrus, Cordylancistrus and Chaetostoma. Dolichancistrus is differentiated from Leptoancistrus by the presence of the adipose and anal fins (vs. their absence); from Cordylancistrus and Chaetostoma by the presence of pectoral-fin spines in mature males longer than those in adult females and immatures of both sexes (vs. the pectoral spines of equal length in both sexes); and from most species of Chaetostoma in having a plated snout (vs. naked). Dolichancistrus differs from Chaetostoma platyrhynchus in having the hyperthrophied cheek odontodes evertible to more than 90º (vs. evertible only to approximately 30-40º) and in bearing hyperthrophied cheek odontodes that are distally recurved (vs. odontodes straight along their entire length).
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Distribution South America: Magdalena River basin in Colombia.
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014.
Temperature 22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show species within this range)
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (nos 1-2) (art. 6), pp 85.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 12 23:11 (species record created: 2012 Jan 14 14:36)