'' Transancistrus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
suckermouth armored catfishes native to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
[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.'']
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Transancistrus aequinoctialis''
( Pellegrin, 1909) [
* '' Transancistrus santarosensis'' ( M. Tan & Armbruster, 2012) ][
]
References
Ancistrini
Taxa named by Nathan Keller Lujan
Taxa named by Vanessa Meza-Vargas
Taxa named by Ramiro Edmundo Barriga-Salazar
Fish of South America
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