Cryptancistrus similis[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae and the only member of the monotypic genus Cryptancistrus. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Paru de Oeste River in Brazil. The species reaches 6.2 cm (2.4 inches) in standard length.[2] It was described in 2018 by Sonia Fisch-Muller, Jan Mol (of Anton de Kom University of Suriname), and Raphael Covain (of the University of Geneva) as part of a taxonomic review of the genus Guyanancistrus, which Cryptancistrus was found to be distinct from but closely related to. Its specific epithet, similis, is derived from Latin and references the species' similarity to the species of Guyanancistrus, specifically Guyanancistrus brevispinis.[3]

Cryptancistrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Genus: Cryptancistrus
Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018
Species:
C. similis
Binomial name
Cryptancistrus similis
Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain, 2018

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Cryptancistrus Fisch-Muller, 2018". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Cryptancistrus similis". FishBase.
  3. ^ Fisch-Muller, Sonia; Mol, Jan; Covain, Raphael (2018). "An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex". PLOS ONE. 13 (1): e0189789. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1389789F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189789. PMC 5752014. PMID 29298344.