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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Guyanancistrus: Composed from Guyana + see under Ancistrus; brownsbergensis: Named after the Brownsberg Nature Park in Brownsberg Mountains, in which it was found, and which is presently under threat from illegal gold mining.

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Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5. Tropical; 23°C - 23°C (Ref. 116863)

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South America: upper Kumbu Creek in the Brownsberg Nature Park, Brownsberg Mountains in Suriname.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116863)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 6.

The type locality in the upper Kumbu Creek at Kumbu Falls (430 m asl) is a small mountain stream with 2.5-3.7 m width, 28-50 cm water depth, with cool (23.1-23.2°C) water, high dissolved oxygen content of 93-96% saturation and 7.08-7.72 mg/L, a pH of 7.0-7.5, conductivity 30.8-31.6 μS/cm, a current strength of 0.29-0.56 m/s taken on 12 July 2014, bottom substrate consisting of sand, gravel, pebbles, boulders and bedrock, and mostly clear water. The creek is sheltered by overhanging vegetation, leaf litter and some woody debris (Ref. 116863).

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Fisch-Muller, S., J.H.A. Mol and R. Covain, 2018. An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex. Plos ONE 13(1):e0189789. (Ref. 116863)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 20 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00719 - 0.03336), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis Mol, Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2018