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 - Pseudancistrus barbatus
      Species - Pseudancistrus brevispinis
      Species - Pseudancistrus coquenani
      Species - Pseudancistrus depressus
      Species - Pseudancistrus genisetiger
      Species - Pseudancistrus guentheri
      Species - Pseudancistrus longispinis
      Species - Pseudancistrus niger
      Species - Pseudancistrus nigrescens
      Species - Pseudancistrus orinoco
      Species - Pseudancistrus papariae
      Species - Pseudancistrus pediculatus
      Species - Pseudancistrus schomburgkii
      Species - Pseudancistrus sidereus