 Summary of dolichancistrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pronounced | dolly can SISS truss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etymology | Greek, dolichos = long + Greek, agkistron = hook - meaning "Long Ancistrus". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 79mm, largest 170mm, average 115mm, most commonly 82mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 5 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genus Thumbnails | |
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/siluriformes/loricariidae/dolichancistrus/atratoensis/1.jpg "Dolichancistrus atratoensis - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/dolichancistrus/cobrensis/1.jpg "Dolichancistrus cobrensis - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/dolichancistrus/fuesslii/1.jpg "Dolichancistrus fuesslii - Click for species page")