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Kronichthys
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations1
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, INHS, CAS, USNM, FMNH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neoplecostominae
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- taxon name
- Kronichthys
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- Description
- References
Kronichthys is a genus of armored catfishes endemic to Brazil.
The genus is named in honor of naturalist-archaeologist Ricardo Krone (1861–1917), who collected the type species specimen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kronichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.