Ochmacanthus

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

Gyrinurus
Miranda Ribeiro, 1912

Ochmacanthus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [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. batrachstomus 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.[2] Ochmacanthus species grow to about 3.2–5.0 centimetres (1.3–1.9 in) in length.[3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ochmacanthus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus alternus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Ochmacanthus batrachostomus" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus flabelliferus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  6. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus orinoco" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  7. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus reinhardtii" in FishBase. July 2007 version.