Ancistrus yutajae[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs only in the Yutajé River in Venezuela. The species reaches at least 8.28 cm (3.3 in) SL 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.[3][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. yutajae
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References
edit- ^ Armbruster, J.W. (2023). "Ancistrus yutajae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T176109122A176109127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176109122A176109127.en. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ancistrus yutajae". 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
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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