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]
Megalocentor echthrus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Trichomycteridae |
Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
Genus: | Megalocentor de Pinna & Britski, 1991 |
Species: | M. echthrus
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Binomial name | |
Megalocentor echthrus |
References
edit- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase. February 2012 version.