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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Dolichancistrus: Greek, dolichos = long + Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was a great industrialist and philanthropist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Eigenmann.
Issue
See complementary description with illustration of the holotype by Eigenmann (1922:79, pl. 10 fig. 3); new combination by Isbrücker (1980:43); no recent work.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: 14 - ?. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
South America: Magdalena River basin in Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36713)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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