Baryancistrus
beggini N K. Lujan, M. Arce and J W. Armbruster.
2009. |
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| Mark
Sabaj Perez (1) Allan James (3) |
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Baryancistrus beggini
is unique within Hypostominae in having a uniformly dark black to
brown base colour with a blue sheen in life, and the first three
to five plates of the midventral series strongly bent, forming a
distinctive keel above the pectoral fins along each side of the
body. It is further distinguished by having a naked abdomen, two
to three symmetrical and ordered predorsal plate rows including
the nuchal plate, and the last dorsal-fin ray adnate with adipose
fin via a posterior membrane that extends beyond the preadipose
plate up to half the length of the adipose-fin spine. Adults and
juveniles dark gray to black with a turquoise blue sheen on fins
and flanks. Blue sheen more intense in some, presumably male, adults.
First appeared in the DATZ magazine July 1997 and captioned as L239
Ancistrinae sp. |
| Common
Name: |
L 239, Blue
Fin Panaque |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
America: upper Rio Orinoco and lower portions of its tributaries,
the Rio Guaviare in Colombia and Rio Ventuari in Venezuela. |
| Size:
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12.0cm. (4¾ins) |
| Temp: |
22-25°c (71-77°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
| Reference: |
N K. Lujan, M.
Arce and J W. Armbruster. 2009. A New Black Baryancistrus
with Blue Sheen from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
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Family: Loricariidae
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