Ancistrus karajas[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in headwater streams of the Parauapebas River, which is part of the Tocantins River basin in Brazil. The species was described in 2016 by Renildo R. de Oliveira, Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Cláudio Henrique Zawadzki, and Jansen A. S. Zuanon on the basis of morphology and color patterning.[2] FishBase does not list this species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. karajas
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| Ancistrus karajas de Oliveira, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zawadzki & Zuanon, 2016
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References
edit- ^ SiBBr. "Species: Ancistrus karajas". ala-bie.sibbr.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ de Oliveira, Renildo R; Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia H; Zawadzki, Cláudio H; Zuanon, Jansen A S (April 2016). "Two new Amazonian species of Ancistrus with vestigial adipose fin, with an appraisal on adipose fin loss in neotropical armoured catfishes (Teleostei: Loricariidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters – via ResearchGate.
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