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Ochmacanthus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Stegophilinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Trichomycteridae

Scientific name
  
Ochmacanthus

Higher classification
  
Stegophilinae

Order
  
Catfish

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Similar
  
Catfish, Moenkhausia collettii, Leporinus maculatus, Helogenes

Ochmacanthus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America. These 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. batrachstoma inhabits the Paraguay River basin in Brazil. O. flabelliferus lives in river drainages in Guyana and Venezuela. O. reinhardtii is known from the Amazon River basin in Brazil and drainages in French Guyana.

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Ochmacanthus alternus G. S. Myers, 1927
  • Ochmacanthus batrachostoma (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912)
  • Ochmacanthus flabelliferus Eigenmann, 1912
  • Ochmacanthus orinoco G. S. Myers, 1927
  • Ochmacanthus reinhardtii (Steindachner, 1882)

    • References

    Ochmacanthus Wikipedia
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