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  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asuriniSub-adult
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asuriniDorsal view
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asuriniHabitat: Rio Xingu
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asuriniJuvenile
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
  • Pseudancistrus asurini
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Scientific Name Pseudancistrus asurini    Silva, Roxo & Oliveira, 2015
Common Names L067, Yellowspotted Stream Pleco
Gulprikket Strømsugemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality Pará State, municipality of Altamira: rio Xingú (Amazon basin), Cachoeira do Espelho, Brazil, 3°39'05"S, 52°22'42"W.
Etymology Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite. 
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Size 200mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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.

L067 was often known as being the same as L017. L067 will grow spines horizontally outwards right around the snout rim but especially at the sides. L067 has at least a small amount of yellow in the dorsal fins leading spine. Both fishes have yellow in the caudal.
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Distribution South America: Brazil: Rio Xingu
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Temperature 25.0-30.0°C or 77-86°F (Show species within this range)
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference ZooKeys No. 482, pp 27, Figs. 3-4.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:11 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)