Pseudacanthicus
| Pseudacanthicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Genus: | Pseudacanthicus Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Hypostomus serratus Valenciennes, 1840 | |
Pseudacanthicus is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae distributed in the tributaries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname in South America. These species may be kept in the aquarium.[1]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
- Pseudacanthicus fordii (Günther, 1868)
- Pseudacanthicus histrix (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Pseudacanthicus leopardus (Fowler, 1914)
- Pseudacanthicus pirarara Chamon & L. M. de Sousa, 2016 [2]
- Pseudacanthicus pitanga Chamon, 2015 [3]
- Pseudacanthicus serratus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Pseudacanthicus spinosus (Castelnau, 1855)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Pseudacanthicus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ↑ Chamon, C.C. & Sousa, L.M. (2016): A new species of the leopard pleco genus Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, Version of Record online: 24 OCT 2016.
- ↑ Chamon, C.C. (2015): Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North Brazil. Zootaxa, 3973 (2): 309–319.
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