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Itaituba, Middle Rio Tapajós
Habitat: Itaituba, Middle Rio Tapajós

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Scientific Name	**Pseudancistrus zawadzkii** Silva, Roxo, Britzke & Oliveira, 2014
Common Names	L321, Tapajos Stream Pleco Tapajos-strømsugemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Pará State, municipality of Itaituba: rio Tapajós (Amazon basin), Brazil, 4°33'09.7"S, 56°17'59.6"W.
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	200mm or 7.9" 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	Rio Tapajos and Jamanxim. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Middle Tapajós, Jamanxim (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	ZooKeys No. 406, pp 4, Figs. 1, 3.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2022 Jan 21 11:52 (species record created: 2006 Jul 21 00:00)