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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Ancistrus: Greek, agkistron = hook (Ref. 45335); maximus: From the latin adjective maximus, meaning the largest, in reference to the off-the-chart size of this species (Ref. 103398).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America, Brazil
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 103398)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5. Diagnosis: Ancistrus maximus is distinguished from all congeners, except A. dolichopterus, A. fulvus and A. latifrons, by having more branched rays in the dorsal fin (8 vs. 7); Ancistrus maximus is distinguished from A. dolichopterus by its color pattern, overall body color dark brown with reddish-orange spots almost half the size of pupil in adults and with reddish-orange bands on distal portion of dorsal and caudal fins only in juveniles vs. overall body color black or dark-gray with numerous white dots and with white band on distal portion of dorsal and caudal fins throughout life; Ancistrus maximus differs from A. latifrons by the absence of hypertrophied ('spiny') odontodes in lateral plates (vs. presence of elongate and strong 'spiny' odontodes laterally oriented in A. latifrons); Ancistrus maximus differs from A. fulvus by dorsal-spine length 27.9-34.5 % SL (vs. 25.7); pectoral-spine length 30.7-42.6 % SL (vs. 26.6) and by total lateral median plates 24-25 (vs. 22) (Ref. 103398).
Facultative or obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
de Oliveira, R.R., J. Zuanon, C.H. Zawadszki and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015. Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 26(1):73-82. (Ref. 103398)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00633 - 0.03455), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
