Transancistrus

Transancistrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Hypostominae
Genus:	Transancistrus Lujan, Meza-Vargas & Barriga-S., 2015 ^[1]

Transancistrus is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America.^[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Transancistrus aequinoctialis (Pellegrin, 1909) ^[1]
Transancistrus santarosensis (M. Tan & Armbruster, 2012) ^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 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.

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