Ochmacanthus

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Ochmacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Ochmacanthus
Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Ochmacanthus flabelliferus
Eigenmann, 1912
Binomial name

Ochmacanthus alternus
Myers, 1927
Ochmacanthus batrachostoma
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)
Ochmacanthus flabelliferus
Eigenmann, 1912
Ochmacanthus orinoco
Myers, 1927
Ochmacanthus reinhardtii
(Steindachner, 1882)
Synonyms

Gyrinurus
Miranda Ribeiro, 1912

Ochmacanthus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes five species, O. alternus, O. batrachostoma, O. flabelliferus, O. orinoco, and O. reinhardtii.[1] Ochmacanthus species are distributed in South America. O. alternus and O. orinoco originate from the Rio Negro and Orinoco River basins of Brazil and Venezuela. O. batrachstoma inhabits the Paraguay River basin in Brazil. O. flabelliferus lives in river drainages in Guyana and Venezuela. O. reinhardti is known from the Amazon River basin in Brazil and drainages in French Guyana.[1] Ochmacanthus species grow to about 3.2–5.0 centimetres (1.3–1.9 in) in length.[2][3][4][5][6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Ochmacanthus alternus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ "Ochmacanthus batrachostoma". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  4. ^ "Ochmacanthus flabelliferus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  5. ^ "Ochmacanthus orinoco". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  6. ^ "Ochmacanthus reinhardtii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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