Hypancistrus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Hypancistrus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Hypancistrus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hypancistrus
Hypancistrus is a genus of loricariid catfish originating from the Amazon basin in South America. Unlike many of the other Loricariids, however, some Hypancistrus species are more carnivorous and enjoy meat in their diet. Hypancistrus species are popular aquarium fish, including such popular fish as the zebra pleco and Queen Arabesque pleco.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthicus
- Ancistomus
- Ancistrus
- Andeancistrus
- Aphanotorulus
- Araichthys
- Avalithoxus
- Baryancistrus
- Chaetostoma
- Cordylancistrus
- Corymbophanes
- Cryptancistrus
- Dekeyseria
- Dolichancistrus
- Exastilithoxus
- Guyanancistrus
- Hemiancistrus
- Hopliancistrus
- Hypancistrus
- Hypostomus
- Isorineloricaria
- Lasiancistrus
- Leporacanthicus
- Leptoancistrus
- Lithoxancistrus
- Lithoxus
- Megalancistrus
- Neblinichthys
- Panaqolus
- Panaque
- Paralithoxus
- Parancistrus
- Paulasquama
- Peckoltia
- Peckoltichthys
- Pseudacanthicus
- Pseudancistrus
- Pseudolithoxus
- Pseudoqolus
- Pterygoplichthys
- Scobinancistrus
- Soromonichthys
- Spectracanthicus
- Transancistrus
- Yaluwak