Right ive posted this list before but now we have a larger member base i want to begin on adding a common name to each true name aswell as a picture on each species................

So if you have a claro or pepp or common then dont be shy and you could help towards building a true I.D list.......

Ive been working on this for a while but i need HELP in Linking pic's with name's...

A few searches on PlanetCatfish should help out but please DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ANYTHING as this is called spamming......
A few searches also on the net should get us on our way.......

Also as members post there profile's in i will post there name next to the profile they have added as ive done with A.Cirrhosus.......

Right here is the List.............

And dont forget the A. stands for Ancistrus.....


A. aguaboensis Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni and Weber 2001
A. albocinctus (Ahl 1936), (Synonym of A. multispinis)
A. alga (Cope 1872) (Synonym of A. hoplogenys)
A. baudensis Fowler 1945 (Synonym of A. centrolepis)
A. bodenhameri Schultz 1944
A. bolivianus (Steindachner 1915)
A. brevifilis Eigenmann 1920
A. brevipinnis (Regan 1904)
A. bufonius (Valenciennes 1840)
A. calamita (Valenciennes 1840) (Synonym of A. bufonius)
A. caucanus Fowler 1943
A. centrolepis(Regan 1913)
A. chagresi Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889
A. cirrhosus (Valenciennes 1840) (Profile Provided by CuRbY).
A. claro Knaack 1999
A. clementinae Rendahl 1937
A. cryptopthalmusReis 1987
A. cuiabae Knaack 1999
A. damasceni (Steindachner 1907)
A. dolichopterus Kner 1854
A. dubius Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889
A. erinaceus (Valenciennes 1840)
A. eustictus (Fowler 1945)
A. formoso Sabino and Trajano 1997
A. fulvus (Holly 1929)
A. galani Perez & Viloria 1994
A. gymnorhynchus Kner 1854
A. heterorhynchus(Regan 1912)
A. hoplogenys (Günther 1864)
A. jataiensis Fisch-Muller, Cardoso, da Silva, and Bertaco 2005
A. jelskii ( Steindachner 1876)
A. karstenii Lütken 1874 (Synonym of A.. gymnorhynchus)
A. latifrons (Günther 1864)
A. leucostictus (Günther 1864)
A. lineolatus Fowler 1943
A. lithurgicus Eigenmann 1912
A. macropthalmus (Pellegrin 1912)
A. maculatus (Regan 1904) (Synonym of A. greeni)
A. maculatus (Steindachner 1881)
A. malacops (Cope 1972)
A. maracasae Fowler 1946
A. marcapatae (Regan 1904)
A. martini Schultz 1944
A. mattogrossensis Miranda Ribeiro 1912
A. megalostomus Pearson 1924
A. melas Eigenmann 1916 (Synonym of A. centrolepis)
A. minutus Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni, and Weber 2001
A. montanus (Regan 1904)
A. multispinis (Regan 1912)
A. nationi Fernández-Yépez 1972
A. nudiceps (Müller & Troschel 1848)
A. occidentalis (Regan 1904)
A. occloi Eigenmann 1928
A. pirareta Muller 1989
A. piriformis Muller 1989
A. punctatus (Steindachner 1882) (Synonym of A. hoplogenys)
A. punctatus (Jardine 1841) (Synonym of A. dolichopterus)
A. ranunculus Müller, et al. 1994
A. reisi Fisch-Muller, Cardoso, da Silva and Bertaco 2005
A. rothschildi (Regan 1905) (Synonym of A. gymnorhynchus)
A. scheideri Boeseman 1972 (Synonym of A. temminckii)
A. spinosus Meek & Hildebrand 1916
A. stigmaticus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889
A. tamboensis Fowler 1945
A. taunayi Miranda Ribeiro 1918
A. tectirostris (Cope 1872) (synonym of A. hoplogenys)
A. temminkii (Valenciennes 1840)
A. tombador Fisch-Muller, Cardoso, da Silva and Bertaco 2005
A. trinitatis (Günther 1864)
A. triradiatus Eigenmann 1918
A. variolus (Cope 1872)

Good Luck.....and Cheers ...........CuRbY........

Here is how to do what i need.............



A. cirrhosus (Valenciennes 1840)

Cirrhosus Bristlenose..



Above picture is a Female cirrhosus...


Next lol.........

Once I get my camera repaired by the nice insurance company (not! work in the trade and still hate them!) I will take some shots

I have it on good authority that the following is a male... Ancistrus Temminickii , by the reputable breeder I got him off, will
try to post a picture of the female shortly






will try to get a better picture shortly, this does not do the pleco justice, he is a little timid and photo shy...lol...

he is black in colour with what appears to be grey spots on him... though flash on camera as made him look different