Chasmocranus
Appearance
Chasmocranus | |
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Chasmocranus longior top | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Heptapteridae |
Genus: | Chasmocranus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 |
Type species | |
Chasmocranus longior Eigenmann, 1912
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Species | |
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Chasmocranus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
Species
[edit]There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chasmocranus brachynemus A. L. Gomes & Schubart, 1958
- Chasmocranus brevior C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Chasmocranus chimantanus Inger, 1956
- Chasmocranus longior C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Chasmocranus lopezi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1968
- Chasmocranus peruanus C. H. Eigenmann & N. E. Pearson, 1942
- Chasmocranus quadrizonatus N. E. Pearson, 1937
- Chasmocranus rosae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Chasmocranus surinamensis (Bleeker, 1862)
- Chasmocranus truncatorostris Borodin, 1927
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chasmocranus". FishBase. December 2011 version.