Lithoxancistrus yekuana

Lithoxancistrus yekuana is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.
L. yekuana was described in 2007 by Nathan K. Lujan, Mark H. Sabaj Pérez, and Jonathan W. Armbruster in the genus Pseudancistrus alongside another species, P. pectegenitor, which was later moved to the monotypic genus Colossimystax. Its specific epithet, yekuana, refers to the Ye'kuana people who inhabit parts of Venezuela and Brazil, including the upper Ventuari.

Distribution

It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Ventuari River upstream of a waterfall known as Salto Tencua in the state of Amazonas in Venezuela. The species is typically found in the main channel of the Ventuari, in areas with torrential sheet flow and a substrate of bedrock. It reaches SL.