Ancistrus patronus[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela and Colombia.[1] The species reaches at least 8.7 cm (3.4 in) SL[3] and was described in 2019 by Lesley S. de Souza of the Field Museum of Natural History, Donald C. Taphorn of the Royal Ontario Museum, and Jonathan Armbruster of Auburn University alongside five other species of Ancistrus. Its specific name means "defender" in Latin and was given to the species due to the reported tendency of male A. patronus to actively guard their nests and protect their young until they are relatively large.[4]
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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. patronus
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| Ancistrus patronus | |
References
edit- ^ a b Armbruster, J.W. (2023). "Ancistrus patronus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T176109022A176109037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176109022A176109037.en. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Ancistrus patronus De & Taphorn & Armbruster 2019, new species - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ancistrus patronus". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ De Souza, L. S., Taphorn, D. C., & Armbruster, J. W. (2019). Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species. Zootaxa, 4552(1), 1–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4552.1.1
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