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| Scientific Name | Lasiancistrus wiwa Poveda-Cuellar, Conde-Saldaña, Villa-Navarro, Lujan & Santos, 2023 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Ranchería River at Manantial de Cañaverales, La Guajira Department, Colombia, 10°45ʹ01.0"N, 72°50ʹ30.0"W, elevation 281 meters. |
| Type Locality Notes | Changed to -72. |
| Pronunciation | LASS ee an SISS truss |
| Etymology | Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook |
| Species Information | |
| 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 | Snout of nuptial males almost square (vs. rounded in females and juveniles). Adult males of most species (except Lasiancistrus tentaculatus) with whisker-like odontodes at anterolateral corner of snout; males of L. tentaculatus have tentacules instead of whisker-like odontodes along anterior margin of snout. Nuptial males have tentacules longer than their associated odontodes on the pectoral-fin spine. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Ranchería (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 199 (no. 3), pp 20, Figs. 5D, 6D, 7A, 10. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2024 Jan 21 04:50 (species record created: 2023 Jul 07 13:07) |