All Fishes ⇒ Loricariidae ⇒ Hypostominae ⇒ The genus Hemiancistrus

Hop to next section Summary of hemiancistrus
Etymology Greek, 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.
Size Smallest 74mm, largest 390mm, average 178mm, most commonly 180mm. All SL.
Species There are 17 "species" in the database
Keepers 2 species (11%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time
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Distribution

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Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Hemiancistrus sp. (L128)Hemiancistrus sp. (L128)
(75%)
2.
Hemiancistrus guahiborumHemiancistrus guahiborum
(25%)
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