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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
Derived from the Latin word 'trans', meaning across, over, or on the other side of, in reference to the distribution of this genus across rivers draining the Pacific slope of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, and 'ancistrus', a root name for many Hypostominae genera having clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS