''Ancistrus mullerae'' is a
species
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of
catfish
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in the family
Loricariidae. It is native to
South America
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, where it occurs in the
Iguazu River
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The Iguazu River ( pt, Rio Iguaçu, br , es, Río Iguazú} ), also called Rio Iguassu, is a river in Brazil and Argentina. It is an important tributary of the Paraná River. The Iguazu River is long, with a drainage basin of .
Cou ...
basin in the state of
Paraná in
Brazil
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. The species reaches 12.5 cm (4.9 inches) SL. It was described in 2009 by A. G. Bifi, C. S. Pavanelli, and C. H. Zawadzki, alongside two other species in the genus ''
Ancistrus'' from the same river basin: ''
A. abilhoai'' and ''
A. agostinhoi''.
[Bifi, A.G., Pavanelli, C.S., & Zawadzki, C.H. (2009). Three new species of Ancistrus Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná State, Brazil. ''Zootaxa, 2275'', 41-59.]
References
Fish described in 2009
mullerae
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