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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); megacanthus: Name 'megacanthus' from the Greek words 'megas' and 'akanthos', meaning 'large, great' and 'thorn, spine', referring to the large pectoral-fin spines of the new species. A noun in apposition.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 132443)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos anales: 4. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: well developed snout tentacles, pectoral-fin spine long, and exceeding half length of the pelvic-fin leading ray in males; dorsal and caudal fins plain dark brown to black, without lighter spots or bands; dark brown to black background body color; small white to yellow dots on dorsal surface; four branched rays on the anal fin (Ref. 132443).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: flattened.
Facultative or obligate air-breathing ; The species inhabits creeks at elevations near 100 meters, with swift waters lined with rocks and gravel. These water bodies are located within the Pampa biome, in a savanna landscape dominated by herbaceous vegetation. Trees primarily confined to riverbanks with soils composed of clay and gravel (Ref. 132443).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Widholzer, R.L., J. Borsoi, R.E. Reis and A.P. Lehmann, 2024. A new species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with a redescription of Ancistrus brevipinnis and further evidence of hidden diversity in the laguna dos Patos system, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 21(4):e230078. (Ref. 132443)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01479 (0.00627 - 0.03487), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |