Lasiancistrus tentaculatus

Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2005, The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Siluriformes) with descriptions of two new species, Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (4), pp. 549-569 : 567

Range. Lasiancistrus tentaculatus is found in the Orinoco

River basin of Colombia and Venezuela and in the lago Valencia drainage of Venezuela ( Fig. 3 ).

Etymology. Derived from tentacule, the word used by Sabaj et al. (1999) to describe the small tentacles of Lasiancistrus , itself a diminutive of tentacle, which is derived from the modern Latin tentaculum meaning feeler and the Latin suffix - atus meaning provided with. Refers to the possession of tentacules along the snout in nuptial males of this species.

Figures

Fig. 3. Range of species of Lasiancistrus. Open symbols are type localities except for in L. heteracanthus where the type locality is not specific. Triangles = L. schomburgkii, squares = L. caucanus, upside down triangles = L. guacharote, diamonds = L. heteracanthus, cross = L. saetiger, and circles = L. tentaculatus. The following are type localities for species in synonymy that have good locality information: 1. L. castelnaui (locality approximate), 2. L. guapore, 3. L. maracaiboensis, 4. L. mayoloi, 5. L. planiceps, 6. L. scolymus, 7. L. volcanensis.