Scleromystax salmacis is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. S. salmacis has the southernmost distribution of its genus. It is known from the Mampituba River and Araranguá River basins in southern Santa Catarina State of Brazil, and the Ratones River, a small coastal river drainage in Florianópolis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Callichthyidae |
| Genus: | Scleromystax |
| Species: | S. salmacis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scleromystax salmacis Britto & R. E. dos Reis, 2005
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References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Scleromystax salmacis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Britto, Marcelo R.; Reis, Roberto E. (2005). "A new Scleromystax species (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from coastal rivers of Southern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (4): 481–488. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000400005.