Andeancistrus

Andeancistrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Tribe:	Ancistrini
Genus:	Andeancistrus Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]

Andeancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America. This genus is diagnosable from all other members of the Chaetostoma group by having a fully plated snout, lacking cheek odontodes that extend past the opercular flap, and by having eight branched dorsal fin rays.[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

• Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 [1]
• Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898) [1]

References

1. 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.