Plectrochilus
| Plectrochilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Vandelliinae |
| Genus: | Plectrochilus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Plectrochilus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
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Plectrochilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species[]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Myers, 1927)
- (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917)
- (Pellegrin, 1909)
P. diabolicus and P. machadoi are found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru, while P. wieneri is found in the Napo River basin of Ecuador.[2]
P. diabolicus grows to 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.[3] P. machadoi grows to 9.3 cm (3.7 in).[4]
Specimens of P. machadoi have been found partially buried in the belly of a specimen of Pseudoplatystoma where it apparently had burrowed through the body wall.[4]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Plectrochilus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Plectrochilus diabolicus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Plectrochilus machadoi" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
Categories:
- Trichomycteridae
- Fish of South America
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fauna of Brazil
- Fauna of Ecuador
- Fauna of Peru
- Catfish genera
- Freshwater fish genera
- Taxa named by Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro
- Trichomycteridae stubs