Andeancistrus platycephalus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Zamora River basin, which is part of the upper Marañón River drainage in Ecuador. The species can reach 14.5 cm (5.7 in) in total length.[3] The species was in the genus Cordylancistrus until a 2015 reclassification, when Nathan K. Lujan, Vanessa Meza-Vargas, and Ramiro Barriga-Salazar constructed the genera Andeancistrus and Transancistrus.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Andeancistrus |
| Species: | A. platycephalus
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| Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)
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References
edit- ^ Jimenez-Prado, P. (2016). "Cordylancistrus platycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T66601812A66651256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66601812A66651256.en.
- ^ "Andeancistrus platycephalus (Boulenger, 1898)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Andeancistrus platycephalus". FishBase.
- ^ Lujan, N.K.; Meza-Vargas, V.; Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015). "Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species". Copeia. 103 (3): 651–663. doi:10.1643/CI-15-246. S2CID 83623839.
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