| Ancistrus vericaucanus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. vericaucanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancistrus vericaucanus Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013 | |
Ancistrus vericaucanus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basin of the Cauca River, which is a tributary of the Magdalena River, in Colombia. It reaches 7.2 cm (2.8 inches) SL. Its congener Ancistrus caucanus was once thought to inhabit the Cauca River basin and was named after the river itself, but it was determined in 2013 that A. caucanus was not actually native to the Cauca. The specific epithet of A. vericaucanus means "true caucanus", in reference to the misleading name of A. caucanus.
References
- "Ancistrus vericaucanus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Ancistrus vericaucanus". FishBase.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ancistrus vericaucanus | |
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