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Megalocentor echthrus

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Megalocentor echthrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Megalocentor
de Pinna & Britski, 1991
Species:
M. echthrus
Binomial name
Megalocentor echthrus

Megalocentor echthrus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Megalocentor.[1] This fish grows to about 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins.[2]

References

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  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase. February 2012 version.