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Lasiancistrus schomburgkii
François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Catfish

Lasiancistrus schomburgkii

LC Least Concern

Names

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Chinese舍氏毛钩鲶
Sranan Tongokatfisi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLasiancistrus schomburgkii (Günther, 1864)

About this species

Lasiancistrus schomburgkii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This species has a wide distribution in the Amazon basin, as well as the upper Orinoco and Essequibo basins, it has been recorded from Bolivia Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. The Specific name, schomburgkii, honours the German explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk, who gave the holotype to the British Museum (Natural History). This catfish reaches a standard length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyLoricariidae
GenusLasiancistrus

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