Plectrochilus

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Plectrochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Vandelliinae
Genus: Plectrochilus
Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
Type species
Plectrochilus machadoi
Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
Binomial name

Plectrochilus diabolicus
(Myers, 1927)
Plectrochilus machadoi
Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
Plectrochilus wieneri
(Pellegrin, 1909)

Plectrochilus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes three species, P. diabolicus, P. machadoi, and P. wieneri.[1]

P. diabolicus and P. machadoi are found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru, while P. wieneri is found in the Napo River basin of Ecuador.[1]

P. diabolicus grows to 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.[2] P. machadoi grows to 9.3 cm (3.7 in).[3]

Specimens of P. machadoi have been found partially buried in the belly of a specimen of Pseudoplatystoma where it apparently had burrowed through the body wall.[3]

[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. ^ "Plectrochilus diabolicus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Plectrochilus machadoi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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