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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Pseudancistrus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); reus: From the Latinreus (one who is accused or arraigned like a defendant, prisoner, criminal, or culprit), in reference to the barred pattern that looks like the stripes of the stereotypical prisoner's uniform..

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Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.6 - ?. Tropical; 28°C - ?

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South America: Río Caroní in Venezuela.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75198)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 5. Distinguished from all congeners by having bars on the body; and from all examined Pseudancistrus except Pseudancistrus genisetiger and Pseudancistrus papariae by having an incomplete mid-dorsal plate row with 18 plates ( vs. complete with 21-25 plates). Differs from one specimen of Pseudancistrus genisetiger and the holotype of Pseudancistrus papariae by the presence of 18 continuous plates (vs. mid-dorsal row with 14 plates, then a break around the adipose fin and then 2 more plates at the posterior end of the caudal peduncle. Another specimen of Pseudancistrus papariae with complete mid-dorsal row, but plate rows not examined (Ref. 75198).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in water tea-colored river with low conductivity (12 µmho/cm), visibility ~ 2m and moderate current (Ref. 75198).

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Armbruster, J.W. and D.C. Taphorn, 2008. A new species of Pseudancistrus from the Río Caroní, Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 1731:33-41. (Ref. 75198)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 May 2017

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00712 - 0.03216), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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