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Chasmocranus
Sign in to saveChasmocranus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyHeptapteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 115
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Collections
- UMMZ, CUMV, ANSP, AUM
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guyana, Suriname
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- Heptapteridae
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- The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands (1912) (14593264807).jpg
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Chasmocranus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
== Species == There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: Chasmocranus brachynema 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
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