Pseudancistrus kwinti[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Coppename River in Suriname. The species reaches 9.4 cm (3.7 in) SL.[2] P. kwinti was described in 2010 by Phil Willink of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jan Mol of Anton de Kom University of Suriname, and Barry Chernoff of Wesleyan University on the basis of distinctive morphology and coloration.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pseudancistrus |
| Species: | P. kwinti
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| Pseudancistrus kwinti Willink, Mol & Chernoff, 2010
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References
edit- ^ "Pseudancistrus kwinti Willink, Mol & Chernoff, 2010". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Pseudancistrus kwinti". FishBase.
- ^ Willink, P.W., Mol, J.H., & Chernoff, B. (2010). A new species of suckermouth armored catfish, Pseudancistrus kwinti (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coppename River drainage, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname. Zootaxa, 2332, 40-48.