Summary of pseudancistrus |
Etymology | Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. |
Identification | Pseudancistrus is the only genus of the Ancistrini (former Ancistrinae) that lacks evertible cheek plates. Because of this characteristic, it has at times been placed in the Hypostominae. |
Size | Smallest 77mm, largest 250mm, average 155mm, most commonly 200mm. All SL. |
Species | There are 31 "species" in the database |
New spp. / time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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Distribution |
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Genus Thumbnails |
P. asurini (i:15, k:0) P. barbatus (i:5, k:0) P. coquenani (i:0, k:0) P. corantijniensis (i:4, k:0) P. depressus (i:5, k:0) P. genisetiger (i:10, k:0) P. guentheri (i:3, k:0) P. kayabi (i:3, k:0) P. kwinti (i:7, k:0) P. megacephalus (i:0, k:0) P. nigrescens (i:5, k:0) P. papariae (i:3, k:0) P. pectegenitor (i:5, k:0) P. reus (i:3, k:0) P. sidereus (i:12, k:0) P. sp. `RIO CURUA-UNA` (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (1) (i:3, k:0) P. sp. (2) (i:5, k:0) P. sp. (L056) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (L122) (i:3, k:0) P. sp. (L220) (i:0, k:0) P. sp. (L251) (i:0, k:0) P. sp. (L259) (i:9, k:0) P. sp. (L383) (i:0, k:0) P. sp. (L436) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (L437) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (L438) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (L439) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. (L440) (i:5, k:0) P. sp. (L491) (i:5, k:0) P. zawadzkii (i:5, k:0)
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