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Scientific Name	**Pseudancistrus papariae** Fowler, 1941
Common Name
Type Locality	Lago Papary, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Lasiancistrus papariae, Lithoxancistrus papariae
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, agkistron = hook or barb. "False Ancistrus", meaning that it is like an Ancistrus, but yet not quite.
Species Information
Size	153mm or 6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Pseudancistrus is the only genus of the Ancistrini (former Ancistrinae) that lacks evertible cheek plates. Because of this characteristic, it has at times been placed in the Hypostominae.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Lake Papari and Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers, Rio Grande do Norte Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93, pp 157, Figs. 63-65.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 08 11:52 (species record created: 2019 Nov 04 15:41)