Ancistrus malacops

Ancistrus malacops^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Ampiyacu River basin in Peru. FishBase states that the species reaches 7.7 cm (3 inches) SL,^[2] although larger specimens, including one of 11.78 cm (4.6 inches) SL from the Gustavo Orcés V. Natural History Museum in Quito, Ecuador, are known.^[3]

Ancistrus malacops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Ancistrus
Species:	A. malacops
Binomial name
Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872)
Synonyms
Chaetostomus malacops