Megalocentor echthrus

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Megalocentor echthrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Subfamily: Stegophilinae Genus: Megalocentor de Pinna & Britski, 1991 Species: M. echthrus
Binomial name
Megalocentor echthrus de Pinna & Britski, 1991

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]

[edit] 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. ^ "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.