Distribution and Habitat
The generic name of the fish reflects its distribution in the Río Lacantún drainage, flowing through the Montes Azules and Selva Lacandona Biosphere Reserves in México into that country’s largest river, the Río Usumacinta. Its known distribution does not extend beyond a small area in the Lacantún and Lacanjún rivers of central Chiapas. Lacantunia has never been collected in the large Usumacinta River into which these smaller rivers flow. With the description of the new family, there are four catfish families found in this region
These fish inhabit deep river channels and pools with rocks and strong eddy currents. Few specimens were taken in stream mouths.
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