Cordylancistrus Explained

Cordylancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfish native to South America. It is much the same as Chaetostoma. The few differences are a wider head, longer cheek odontodes, and plates on the snout. Cordylancistrus can be found in rivers and streams high in the Andes, from Venezuela to Colombia.

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Cordylancistrus daguae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Cordylancistrus nephelion Provenzano & Milani, 2006
• Cordylancistrus perijae A. Pérez & Provenzano, 1996
• Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943)
• Cordylancistrus torbesensis (L. P. Schultz, 1944)

Notes and References

1. Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia, 103 (3): 664-701.