Megalocentor echthrus

Megalocentor echthrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:Stegophilinae
Genus:Megalocentor
de Pinna & Britski, 1991
Species: M. echthrus
Binomial name
Megalocentor echthrus
de Pinna & Britski, 1991

Megalocentor echthrus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Megalocentor.[1] This fish grows to about 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins.[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). "Megalocentor echthrus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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