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Pseudancistrus corantijniensis

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Pseudancistrus corantijniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Pseudancistrus
Species:
P. corantijniensis
Binomial name
Pseudancistrus corantijniensis
De Chambrier & Montoya-Burgos, 2008
Distribution of several Pseudancistrus species, with P. corantijniensis shown in blue.

Pseudancistrus corantijniensis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Courantyne River in Suriname. The species reaches 17.9 cm (7 inches) SL, and it is named for the Courantyne (also known as the Corantijn, which is the spelling from which its name is derived), which is its only known habitat.[1]

It was described in 2008 by Sophie de Chambrier and Juan I. Montoya-Burgos (of the University of Geneva) based on a morphological and molecular analysis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Pseudancistrus corantijniensis". FishBase.
  2. ^ Chambrier, S.D., & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. (2008). Pseudancistrus corantijniensis, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a molecular and morphological description of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group. Zootaxa, 1918, 45-58.