Plectrochilus

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]

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. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Plectrochilus diabolicus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Plectrochilus machadoi" in FishBase. July 2007 version.