FMNH 8942

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo d
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsal
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo dv x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsoventral x-ray
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo dvh x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsoventral head x-ray
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo lat x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral x-ray
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo v
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: ventral
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo lath x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral head x-ray
  • Ancistrus spinosus FMNH 8942 holo lat
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral
FM Catalog: Fishes
Scientific Name: Ancistrus spinosus
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Ancistrus
Species: spinosus
Field #: SEM 5787
Collector: S. E. Meek, S. F. Hildebrand
Geography: North America, Panama: Rio Calobre, tributary of Rio Bayano. [LL]
DWc Country: Panama
Preparations: alc
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Type Status: Holotype
EMu IRN: 608511
OccurenceID: 750104fa-ae75-4f55-9e0c-605fae4b979d
Measurements:
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