Transancistrus

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: Transancistrus
Species: T. aequinoctialis – T. santarosensis
Name

Transancistrus Lujan et al., 2015

Type species: Cordylancistrus santarosensis Tan & Armbruster, 2012

Etymology: Transancistrus is a combination of the Latin word trans (meaning across, over, or on the other side of), which refers to the distribution of this genus across rivers draining the Pacific slope of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, and ancistrus, a root name for many Hypostominae genera having 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.

Transancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America.[1]
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Transancistrus aequinoctialis (Pellegrin, 1909) [1]
Transancistrus santarosensis (M. Tan & Armbruster, 2012) [1]

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.