Ancistrus caucanus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Siluriformes/Loricariidae/Ancistrus

At a glance

Occurrence records175

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Ancistrus caucanus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility175 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF175 records

01Narrative

Ancistrus caucanus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it was at one point thought to occur in the Cauca River basin in Colombia, for which it is named, although subsequent research suggested in 2013 that it is actually native to the Magdalena River basin, whereas its congener Ancistrus vericaucanus is the species native to the Cauca. The species reaches 5.2 cm (2 inches) SL. It is not to be confused with the similarly named species Lasiancistrus caucanus.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length5.2 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type175 records

Wild obs. + sensor54

Museum / vouchered121

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO240 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 5

5 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor54

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 7≤10 km 4

21 georeferenced · 100 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence121

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	90
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record	15
University of Nebraskalocation not on record	7
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record	5
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record	2
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record	1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record	1

7 institutions · 121 of 121 vouchered records shown