Astroblepus mancoi

Astroblepus mancoi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Astroblepidae
Genus:	Astroblepus
Species:	A. mancoi
Binomial name
Astroblepus mancoi C. H. Eigenmann, 1928 [2]

Astroblepus mancoi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. ^[2] This catfish is found in South America, being endemic to the Amazon basin of Peru. ^[1]

The specific name, mancoi, honours the Inca governor and founder Ayar Manco, also known as Manco Cápac, "the Moses of the Peruvians, who led the exodus from Tampu-tocco to Cuzco about 1100 A.D." ^[3]

References

1. Velasquez Quispe, M.; Hidalgo del Aguila, M. & Chocano, L. (2016). "Astroblepus mancoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T49830110A53817898. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830110A53817898.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Astroblepus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2025.
3. Christopher Scharpf (8 December 2025). "Family ASTROBLEPIDAE Bleeker 1862 (Climbing Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 16 December 2025.

Bibliography

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN   0-940228-47-5.