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Callichthys
Sign in to saveCallichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armored catfishes. The genus Callichthys is distributed in most freshwater drainages of South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCallichthyidae
Callichthys es un género de peces de la familia Callichthyidae en el orden Siluriformes. Sus especies habitan en el centro y norte de América del Sur.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Collections
- CUMV, CAS, USNM, LACM, UMZC, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Brasil
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- Parent taxon
- Callichthyinae
- Image
- Callichthys callichthys.JPG
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- Species
- Description
- Ecology
- In the aquarium
- References
Callichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armored catfishes. The genus Callichthys is distributed in most freshwater drainages of South America.
==Taxonomy== The type species for this genus is Callichtys callichthys. The name Callichthys is derived from the Greek kallos (beautiful) and ichthys (fish). 3 of the 4 species were described only relatively recently.
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