Kronichthys

Kronichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Neoplecostominae
Genus:	Kronichthys; A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
Type species
	Kronichthys subteres; A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1908

Kronichthys is a genus of armored catfishes endemic to Brazil.

The genus is named in honor of naturalist-archaeologist (1861-1917), who collected the type species specimen.^[1]

Species[]

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)
Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919)
Kronichthys subteres A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908

Description[]

Kronichthys species are small, cylindrical fishes similar to the hypoptopomatine Schizolecis. The color pattern is dark brown with a slight mottling or four dorsal saddles, and the abdomen mostly white. The dorsal fin is short and the adipose fin is small.^[3]

References[]

^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Kronichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.
^ Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Kronichthys A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1908". Retrieved 2007-07-13.

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[ETYFish-1] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Kronichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.

[3] Armbruster, Jonathan W. "Kronichthys A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1908". Retrieved 2007-07-13.

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