Acestridium scutatum
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| Acestridium scutatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Acestridium |
| Species: | A. scutatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acestridium scutatum | |
Acestridium scutatum is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinos.[2] This catfish is endemic to Brazil where it is only known from the Traíra River, a small river near Humaitá in the Madeira River basin,on the Trans-Amazonian Highway in Amazonas.[1]
