Ancistrus montanus

Ancistrus montanus^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in high-altitude freshwater environments, with the type specimen being collected from an elevation of around 457 m (1500 ft),^[2] in the Beni River basin in the upper Madeira River drainage in Bolivia. The species reaches 9.2 cm (3.6 inches) SL.^[3]

Ancistrus montanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Ancistrus
Species:	A. montanus
Binomial name
Ancistrus montanus (Regan, 1904)
Synonyms
Xenocara montana