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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Afonso d’Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958) was the son of a Brazilian viscount when Brazil was still a monarchy. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
See Muller (1989:896, fig. 6, tab. 3) for morphological data and illustration of the lectotype.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Temperate
South America: Middle Uruguay River basin.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 94838); peso máximo publicado: 52.30 g (Ref. 79585)
Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00726 - 0.02285), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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