Scobinancistrus
Sign in to saveScobinancistrus is a genus of armored catfishes native to the southeastern Amazon (Tocantins, Xingu, Trombetas, Tapajós basins) in Brazil. They are black with numerous white to orange spots, and the fins can have broad reddish-orange edging. They reach up to in length.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- ANSP, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), AUM
- Recorded in
- Altamira, Brazil, Brasil
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- Parent taxon
- Loricariidae
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- Scobinancistrus
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Scobinancistrus is a genus of armored catfishes native to the southeastern Amazon (Tocantins, Xingu, Trombetas, Tapajós basins) in Brazil. They are black with numerous white to orange spots, and the fins can have broad reddish-orange edging. They reach up to in length.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Scobinancistrus aureatus W. E. Burgess, 1994 Scobinancistrus pariolispos Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 Scobinancistrus raonii Chaves, Oliveira, Gonçalves, Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2023
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