Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Series: Otophysi
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Ancistrini
Genus: Andeancistrus
Species: A. eschwartzae – A. platycephalus

Name

Andeancistrus Lujan et al., 2015

Etymology: Andeancistrus is a combination of Andean, a reference to the mountains from which this genus originates, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera that have clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.

References

  • Lujan, N. K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R., 2015: Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia 103 (3): 651–663. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-246
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