Ancistrus tolima[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Magdalena River drainage, which is part of the Prado River basin in Colombia. The species reaches 7.7 cm (3 inches) SL. Its specific epithet is a reference to Colombia's Tolima Department, which contains the type locality of the species.[2]

Ancistrus tolima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species:
A. tolima
Binomial name
Ancistrus tolima
Taphorn, Armbruster, Villa-Navarro & Ray, 2013

References

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  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Ancistrus tolima". FishBase.