Andeancistrus

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
Genus: Andeancistrus
Species: A. eschwartzae – A. platycephalus
Name

Andeancistrus Lujan et al., 2015

Type species: Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898

Etymology: Andeancistrus is a combination of Andean, a reference to the mountains from which this genus originates, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera that have clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.
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 MountaSuperregnum: 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
Genus: Andeancistrus
Species: A. eschwartzae – A. platycephalus
Name

Andeancistrus Lujan et al., 2015

Type species: Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898

Etymology: Andeancistrus is a combination of Andean, a reference to the mountains from which this genus originates, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera that have clusters of enlarged evertible cheek odontodes.
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. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-246 Reference page. ins in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia 103(3): 651–663. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-246 Reference page.