Ancistrus variolus

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Ancistrus variolus

| authority = (Cope, 1872)

| synonyms = *Chaetostomus variolus

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Ancistrus variolus{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Ancistrus variolus |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=680039#null |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=www.itis.gov}} is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Ampiyacu River basin in Peru. The species reaches 4.8 cm (1.9 inches) SL.{{Cite web |date=2021 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Ancistrus variolus |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/50319| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220317/https://www.fishbase.se/summary/50319| archive-date=2022-03-17 |website=FishBase}}{{cbignore}}