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Pseudancistrus depressus — Guiana Shield group

Named speciesResearch draft

Pseudancistrus depressus (Günther, 1868)

Identity and locality

Pseudancistrus depressus (Günther, 1868)

Historical type locality uncertain; specialist catalog suggests Suriname

Diagnostic evidence and naming

Listed among distinct compared members in the 2014 Pseudancistrus barbatus-group original description. The paper uses character combinations to separate it from the Tapajós species P. zawadzkii. The original combination was Chaetostomus depressus (Günther, 1868); the species catalog calls its original locality uncertain, probably Suriname.

Breeding and genetics limitations

No published genotype of body depression or breeder-contributed artificial line shown by this source.

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