Pareiodon microps

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Pareiodon microps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Pareiodon
Kner, 1855
Species: P. microps
Binomial name
Pareiodon microps
Kner, 1855
Synonyms

Of Pareiodon

  • Centrophorus
    Kner, 1859
  • Astemomycterus
    Guichenot, 1860

Of Pareiodon microps

Pareiodon microps is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Pareiodon.[1] It originates from the Amazon River basin.[1][2]

[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. ^ "Pareiodon microps". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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