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View Mode View All Pictures Species Hemiancistrus megacephalus (Günther 1868)    Hemiancistrus megacephalus was originally described as Chaetostomus megacephalus by Günther in 1868. It belongs to the family Loricariidae and subfamily Ancistrinae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Essequibo basin, Guyana and coastal drainages of Suriname: Guyana and Suriname.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megacephalus AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1868 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Siluriformes Family   Loricariidae Subfamily   Ancistrinae Ancistrinae Genus   Hemiancistrus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Family   Loricariidae Subfamily   Ancistrinae Genus   Hemiancistrus Original Name   Chaetostomus         Taxon Name   megacephalus Original Combination   Chaetostomus megacephalus Original Genus   Chaetostomus Original Genus Species   Chaetostomus megacephalus OriginalSubGenus   Chaetostomus Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1868 Original Family   Loricariidae Original SubFamily   Ancistrinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Probably Suriname. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1978.9.12.3 Page   476 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Pseudancistrus macrops Current Species   macrops Current Genus   Pseudancistrus Current AuthorWI   Lütken [C. F.] Current AuthorNI   Lütken Current Year   1868 Current Family   Loricariidae Current Subfamily   Ancistrinae Ancistrinae Habitat   demersal         Water   Fresh water     Distribution   Essequibo basin, Guyana and coastal drainages of Suriname: Guyana and Suriname. Current Summary   Valid as Pseudancistrus megacephalus  (Günther 1868). Loricariidae: Hypostominae.   Name History   • Valid as Hemiancistrus megacephalus  (Günther 1868) -- (Isbrücker 1980:51 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:434 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:26, 27 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Cardoso & Lucinda 2003:74 [ref. 26858], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:386 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155]). Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (47 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   albocinctus Hemiancistrus albocinctus Ahl [E.] 1936 Synonym annectens Hemiancistrus annectens (Regan [C. T.] 1904) Synonym annectens Hypostomus annectens (Ovchynnyk [M. M.] 1971) Valid arenarius Hemiancistrus arenarius Eigenmann [C. H.] & Allen [W. R.] 1942 Synonym aspidolepis Hemiancistrus aspidolepis (Günther [A.] 1867) Valid braueri Hemiancistrus braueri Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912 Synonym brevis Hemiancistrus brevis LaMonte [F. R.] 1935 Synonym caquetae Hemiancistrus caquetae Fowler [H. W.] 1945 Synonym castelnaui Hemiancistrus castelnaui Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1911 Synonym cerrado Hemiancistrus cerrado de Souza [L. S.], Melo [M. R. S.], Chamon [C. C.] & Armbruster [J. W.] 2008 Valid chlorostictus Hemiancistrus chlorostictus Cardoso [A. R.] & Malabarba [L. R.] 1999 Valid daguae Hemiancistrus daguae Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912 Synonym fugleri Hemiancistrus fugleri Ovchynnyk [M. M.] 1971 Synonym fuliginosus Hemiancistrus fuliginosus Cardoso [A. R.] & Malabarba [L. R.] 1999 Valid guahiborum Hemiancistrus guahiborum Werneke [D. C.], Armbruster [J. W.], Lujan [N. K.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2005 Valid hammarlundi Hemiancistrus hammarlundi Rendahl [H.] 1937 Synonym holostictus Hemiancistrus holostictus Regan [C. T.] 1913 Synonym holostictus Hypostomus holostictus (Regan [C. T.] 1913) Valid itacua Hemiancistrus itacua (Valenciennes [A.] 1836) Synonym landoni Hemiancistrus landoni Eigenmann [C. H.] 1916 Valid longipinnis Hemiancistrus longipinnis Kindle [E. M.] 1895 Synonym macrops Hemiancistrus macrops (Lütken [C. F.] 1874) Synonym maracaiboensis Hemiancistrus maracaiboensis Schultz [L. P.] 1944 Synonym maracaiboensis Hypostomus maracaiboensis (Schultz [L. P.] 1944) Valid mayoloi Hemiancistrus mayoloi Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (47 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…