Ancistrus martini — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Siluriformes/Loricariidae/Ancistrus

At a glance

Occurrence records23

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF23 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Ancistrus martini is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Zulia River basin, which is part of the Catatumbo River drainage, which itself is part of the Lake Maracaibo drainage system in Venezuela. The species reaches 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) SL.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length8.9 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ancistrus martini has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type23 records

Museum / vouchered23

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO76 km²

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤10 km 3

5 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Champaign, US	6
Instituto de Biodiversidad de Venezuela - INBIOlocation not on record	5
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	4
Montgomery, US	2
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record	1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record	1

8 institutions · 21 of 23 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code