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Cheirocerus
Sign in to saveCheirocerus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations4
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Collections
- AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MPEG
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pimelodidae
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- taxon name
- Cheirocerus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Ecology
- References
Cheirocerus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Cheirocerus abuelo (Schultz, 1944) Cheirocerus eques Eigenmann, 1917 Cheirocerus goeldii (Steindachner, 1908)
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