Hatcheria macraei

Hatcheria macraei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Hatcheria
Eigenmann, 1909
Species: H. macraei
Binomial name
Hatcheria macraei
(Girard, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Thrichomycterus macraei
    Girard, 1855
  • Pygidium Burmeisteri
    Berg, 1895
  • Hatcheria patagoniensis
    Eigenmann, 1909
  • Hatcheria titcombi
    Eigenmann, 1918
  • Hatcheria pique
    MacDonagh, 1938

Hatcheria macraei is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Hatcheria.[1] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from cis-Andean rivers of Argentina, between 29º and 45º30'S.[2]

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. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Hatcheria macraei" in FishBase. July 2007 version.