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Rio Nhamundá, Brazil

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Lasiancistrus schomburgkii** (Günther, 1864)
Common Name	L302
Type Locality	Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Chaetostomus schomburgkii, Guyanancistrus schomburgkii, Hemiancistrus caquetae, Hemiancistrus castelnaui, Hypostomus pictus, Lasiancistrus caquetae, Lasiancistrus castelnaui, Lasiancistrus guapore, Lasiancistrus pictus, Lasiancistrus scolymus, Peckoltia caquetae, Pseudancistrus schomburgkii
Pronunciation	LASS ee an SISS truss
Etymology	Greek, lasios, -a, -on = hairy + Greek, agkistron = hook
Species Information
Size	75mm or 3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Adult Lasiancistrus can be separated from all other loricariids by the presence of whisker-like odontodes on the cheeks. In addition, they have evertible cheek odontodes; three rows of plates on the caudal peduncle; and a modified, bar-shaped opercle. The caudal fin is slightly emarginate to forked, with the lower lobe longer than upper. Nuptial males have tentacules on the pectoral-fin spines longer than their associated odontodes; and transluscent tentacules on the snout that have odontodes associated with them. Nuptial males lack hypertrophied odontodes on top of the head and lack long, bristle-like odontodes on the leading edge of the pectoral-fin spine.
Sexing	Snout of nuptial males almost square (vs. rounded in females and juveniles). Adult males of most species (except Lasiancistrus tentaculatus) with whisker-like odontodes at anterolateral corner of snout; males of L. tentaculatus have tentacules instead of whisker-like odontodes along anterior margin of snout. Nuptial males have tentacules longer than their associated odontodes on the pectoral-fin spine.
General Remarks	The species was originally placed in Lasiancistrus by Isbrücker (1980), transferred to Guyanancistrus by Isbrücker et al. (2001), and later transferred to Pseudancistrus with the rest of Guyanancistrus (Armbruster, 2004).
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Atlantic coastal drainage, unknown locality in Guyana. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Nhamundá (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi, Upper Rupununi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Lower Negro, Branco (Roraima), Upper Branco (Roraima), Ireng (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Ventuari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Japurá, Caquetá, Upper Caquetá, Orteguaza (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Lower Xingu, Jaraucu, Penetecal (Penatecaua) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5, pp 245.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2022 Aug 21 00:57 (species record created: 2011 Sep 21 10:12)