Ancistrus malacops[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Ampiyacu River basin in Peru. FishBase states that the species reaches 7.7 cm (3 inches) SL,[2] although larger specimens, including one of 11.78 cm (4.6 inches) SL from the Gustavo Orcés V. Natural History Museum in Quito, Ecuador, are known.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrus |
| Species: | A. malacops
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| Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)
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References
edit- ^ "ITIS – Report: Ancistrus malacops". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Ancistrus malacops". FishBase.
- ^ "Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
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