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Etymology: Pseudancistrus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.
Issue
New combination by Isbrücker (1980:45); see complementary descriptions by Heitmans et al. (1983:35, figs. 2-3), including type specimens, and by Le Bail et al. (2000:240, fig.), with biological observations and geographical distribution.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Oyapock River basin, French Guiana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Not so frequently occurring. Caught in rapid zones where Pseudancistrus barbatus lives although nothing is known of the ecological relationship between the two species. The odontodes on the extreme end of its snout and its pectoral spines are very well developed (Ref. 35381).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Armbruster, J.W., 2004. Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus. Zootaxa 628:1-15. (Ref. 53269)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00712 - 0.03216), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
