Hemiancistrus cerrado[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Araguaia River basin in the Tocantins River drainage in Brazil. It is usually found in rocky riffles in second-order streams. The species reaches 17 cm (6.7 inches) SL and is named for the Cerrado, the ecoregion in which it occurs.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Hemiancistrus |
| Species: | H. cerrado
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemiancistrus cerrado de Souza, Melo, Chamon & Armbruster, 2008
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References edit
- ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Hemiancistrus cerrado)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hemiancistrus cerrado". FishBase.
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