Hatcheria macraei

Hatcheria macraei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:Trichomycterinae
Genus:Hatcheria
Eigenmann, 1909
Species: H. macraei
Binomial name
Hatcheria macraei
(Girard, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Thrichomycterus macraei
    Girard, 1855
  • Pygidium Burmeisteri
    Berg, 1895
  • Hatcheria patagoniensis
    Eigenmann, 1909
  • Hatcheria titcombi
    Eigenmann, 1918
  • Hatcheria pique
    MacDonagh, 1938

Hatcheria macraei is a species of pencil catfish and the only species in its genus.[1] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Hatcheria macraei" in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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