''Lithoxus planquettei'' is a species of
armored catfish endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
where it is found in stony rivulets of the Atlantic coastal drainages between the
Maroni and the
Kaw River
The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwesternmost part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive Mississippi River dr ...
basin. This species grows to a length of
SL.
References
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Ancistrini
Fish of South America
Fish of French Guiana
Endemic fauna of French Guiana
Fish described in 1982
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