Ancistrini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Ancistrini
Genera (32): Acanthicus – Ancistrus – Andeancistrus – Baryancistrus – Chaetostoma – Cordylancistrus – Dekeyseria – Dolichancistrus – Exastilithoxus – Hemiancistrus – Hopliancistrus – Hypancistrus – Lasiancistrus – Leporacanthicus – Leptoancistrus – Lipopterichthys – Lithoxus – Loraxichthys – Megalancistrus – Micracanthicus – Neblinichthys – Oligancistrus – Panaque – Panaqolus – Parancistrus – Paulasquama – Peckoltia – Pseudacanthicus – Pseudancistrus – Pseudolithoxus – Scobinancistrus – Soromonichthys – Spectracanthicus – Transancistrus

Name

Ancistrini Kner, 1853
References

Kner, R. 1853. Die Panzerwelse des K.K. Hof-naturalien-Cabinetes zu Wien. I. Abtheilung. Loricarinae. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 6: 65–98. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12577 Reference page.
Armbruster, J.W. & D.C. Taphorn, 2011: A New Genus and Species of Weakly Armored Catfish from the Upper Mazaruni River, Guyana (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Copeia 2011 (1): 46–52.
Provenzano R., F. & Barriga S., R. 2017. The species of Hemiancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 4272(2): 221–235. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.4. Reference page.
Silva, G. de S. da C., Covain, R., Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F. 2017. Description of two new species of Lithoxus (Hypostominae: Loricariidae) from rio Jari and rio Amapá basins, Brazilian Guiana Shield. Zootaxa 4347(1): 151–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.9. Reference page.

Ancistrini is a tribe of catfishes of the family Loricariidae. Most are restricted to tropical and subtropical South America, but there are also several genus (Ancistrus, Chaetostoma, Hemiancistrus and Lasiancistrus) in southern Central America.
Taxonomy

Ancistrini have previously been considered a loricariid subfamily. However, the subfamily Hypostominae would be paraphyletic if Ancistrinae continued to be recognized. To continue recognizing the monophyly of this group while returning it to Hypostominae, Hypostominae was broken into several tribes.[4] Pterygoplichthyini is sister to the tribe Ancistrini, which shares the derived presence of an evertible patch of plates on the cheek.[5]
Description

Most Ancistrini species (except for some Pseudancistrus and Spectracanthicus) can be separated from all other loricariids except the Pterygoplichthyini by the presence of evertible cheek plates with hypertrophied odontodes.[4]
References

Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015): Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia, 103 (3): 651-663.
Zawadzki, C.H., Bifi, A.G. & Mariotto, S. (2016): Araichthys loro, a new genus and species of suckermouth armored catfish from the upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 361-372.
Lujan, N. K., Cramer, C. A., Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S., & López-Fernández, H. (2017). Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 109, 321–336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.040
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