Ancistrus malacops

Ancistrus malacops[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Ampiyacu River basin in Peru. FishBase states that the species reaches 7.7 cm (3 inches) SL,[2] although larger specimens, including one of 11.78 cm (4.6 inches) SL from the Gustavo Orcés V. Natural History Museum in Quito, Ecuador, are known.[3]

Ancistrus malacops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species:
A. malacops
Binomial name
Ancistrus malacops
(Cope, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Chaetostomus malacops

References
  1. "ITIS – Report: Ancistrus malacops". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Ancistrus malacops". FishBase.
  3. "Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.


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