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Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Kner, R. (1854). Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische. (Loricata vel Goniodontes). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 7: 251-286 [separate 1-36], Pls. 1-5.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Loricariidae
genus
Ancistrus
species
Ancistrus dolichopterus

Name

Synonyms
Hypostoma punctatum Jardine, 1841
Xenocara dolichoptera (Kner, 1854)
Homonyms
Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854
Common names
Blauer Antennenharnischwels in German
Blauer Antennenwels in German
Bodó seda in Portuguese
Bushymouth Catfish in English
Cascudo negro aba branca in Portuguese
Skægfisk in language.
Starlight Bristlenose Catfish in English
bluechin xenocara in English
bluechin xenocara in English
krunýřovec modrý in Czech
Голубой сомик-анцистр in Russian
奇甲鯰 in language.
奇甲鲶 in language.
長鰭鯰 in language.
长鳍鲶 in language.
Bushymouth Catfish in English
Blauer Antennenharnischwels in German
Blauer Antennenwels in German
Bluechin Xenocara in English
Skægfisk in Danish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bogotá-Gregory, J. D., C. DoNascimiento, F. C. T. Lima, A. Acosta-Santos, F. A. Villa-Navarro, A. Urbano-Bonilla, J. I. Mojica & E. Agudelo Córdoba. 2022. Fishes from the Colombian Amazonia region: species composition from the river systems within the rainforest biome. Biota Neotropica 22 (4): e20221392. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2022-1392.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Kner, R. (1854). Die Hypostomiden. Zweite Hauptgruppe der Familie der Panzerfische. (Loricata vel Goniodontes). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 7: 251-286, Pls. 1-5.
  5. 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
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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