Aphanotorulus ammophilus
| Aphanotorulus ammophilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Aphanotorulus |
| Species: | A. ammophilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphanotorulus ammophilus & , 1996
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Aphanotorulus ammophilus, also known as the black spotted pleco or L094,[1] is a species of benthopelagic tropical freshwater catfish in the family Loricariidae endemic to Venezuela, specifically the Río Orinoco drainage.[2] Due to an initial erroneous publication, A. ammophilus was initially placed into Hypostomus instead of Aphanotorulus. However, because this species shows sexual dimorphism, has a relatively flatter shape, and has a jagged posterior edge of its oral disc, it was placed in the genus Aphanotorulus.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Aphanotorulus ammophilus, Armbruster & Page, 1996". Aquatic-Experts.
- ^ Ray, C.K. & Armbruster, J.W. (2016): The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4072 (5): 501–539.
- ^ "Aphanotorulus ammophilus". Planet Catfish.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Aphanotorulus ammophilus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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- Loricariidae
- Fish of South America
- Taxa named by Jonathan W. Armbruster
- Fish described in 1996
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