Ancistrus ranunculus Muller, Rapp Py-Daniel & Zuanon, 1994

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Muller, S.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H.; Zuanon, J. (1994). Ancistrus ranunculus, a new species of loricariid fish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingú and Tocantins rivers, Brazil. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 5(4): 289-296.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Siluriformes

family

Loricariidae

genus

Ancistrus

species

Ancistrus ranunculus

Name

Homonyms

Ancistrus ranunculus Muller, Rapp Py-Daniel & Zuanon, 1994

Common names

Cascudo preto velho in Portuguese

Medusa pleco in English

Preto Velho in Portuguese

Tadpole Bristlenose Catfish in English

krunýřovec žabí in Czech

Cascudo preto velho in Portuguese

Medusa pleco in English

Preto Velho in Portuguese

Tadpole Bristlenose Catfish in English

Bibliographic References

1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
3. Muller, S.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H.; Zuanon, J. (1994). Ancistrus ranunculus, a new species of loricariid fish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingú and Tocantins rivers, Brazil. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 5(4): 289-296.