Pareiodon microps

Pareiodon microps is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Pareiodon.[1] It is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Amazon Basin.[1][2]

Pareiodon microps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Pareiodon
Species:
P. microps
Binomial name
Pareiodon microps
Kner, 1855
Synonyms

Of Pareiodon

  • Centrophorus
    Kner, 1859
  • Astemomycterus
    Guichenot, 1860

Of Pareiodon microps

  • Trichomycterus pusillus
    Castelnau, 1855

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). "Pareiodon microps" in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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