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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); reisi: Named after Roberto Reis for his active contribution to the knowledge of the Neotropical ichthyofauna.
Eponymy: Dr Roberto Esser dos Reis is a Brazilian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Tocantins State, Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54498)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 28. Distinguished from all congeners except Ancistrus tombador and A. jataiensis by the absence of an adipose fin. Adipose fin is replaced by a series of 2 to 4 median unpaired platelets forming a low crest. These platelets are nearly immediately followed by the plate-like procurrent caudal rays, while in A. tombador these are followed by at least two lateral plates that join dorsally before the procurrent caudal rays (Ref. 54498). Distinguished from A. tombador by following characters: snout with naked margin generally ill-delimited by posterior dermal plates which are irregular in size and shape and rarely joined together; tentacles present, unbranched; body wider (cleithral width 31.6-34.5% SL, mean 33.1) and caudal peduncle depth 9.6-10.7% SL, mean 10.2. Differs from A. jataiensis by the following morphometric characters: predorsal length (43.8-46.4% SL, mean 44.9, vs. 47.5-49.3% SL, mean 48.1), occipital depth (14.9-17.0% SL, mean 16.0, versus 17.0-19.5% SL, mean 18.1) and caudal peduncle length (27.7-30.9% SL, mean 28.7, vs. 24.6-27.1%SL, mean 26.3) (Ref. 54498).
Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in small rivers (Ref. 54498).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fisch-Muller, S., A.R. Cardoso, J.F.P. da Silva and V.A. Bertaco, 2005. Three new species of Ancistrus Kner (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Tapajós and Tocantins rivers. Rev. Suisse de Zoologie 112(2):559-572. (Ref. 54498)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00633 - 0.03455), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
