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Ancistrus galani Pérez & Viloria, 1994 |
| Family: | Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Hypostominae | |||
| Max. size: | 5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Los Laureles Cave in Socuy River basin, Lake Maracaibo drainage, Venezuela. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 4-4. Reduced ocular orbits (orbital diameter with a ratio 10.1 to 12.4 times the head length); absent or atrophied eye balls; body unpigmented. Depressed head; naked anterior portion of mouth, belly and breast; lips papillated; a reduced barbel at corners of the mouth; no dermal cirri in the snout; hooked preopercular spines, 13-16, the longest is 3.11-4.28 times smaller than the interorbital length; 3 unkeeled plates bordering the supraoccipital posteriorly, the middle not divided in the midline. Body depressed and caudal fin convex with lower lobe longest. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||