NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Hypostominae
  Family - Loricariidae
  Order - Siluriformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lasiancistrus caquetae
      Species - Lasiancistrus castelnaui
      Species - Lasiancistrus caucanus
      Species - Lasiancistrus guacharote
      Species - Lasiancistrus guapore
      Species - Lasiancistrus heteracanthus
      Species - Lasiancistrus maracaiboensis
      Species - Lasiancistrus mayoloi
      Species - Lasiancistrus multispinis
      Species - Lasiancistrus mystacinus
      Species - Lasiancistrus nationi
      Species - Lasiancistrus planiceps
      Species - Lasiancistrus scolymus
      Species - Lasiancistrus volcanensis