Lepthoplosternum

Lepthoplosternum is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.

==Taxonomy== Lepthoplosternum was first proposed as genus by the Brazilian ichthyologist Roberto Esser dos Reis in 1997 with Callichthys pectoralis designated as its type species. C. pectoralis was first formally described in 1895 by George Albert Boulenger with Monte Sociedad in the Chaco Department of Paraguay given as the type locality. This genus is included in the subfamily Callichthyinae of the armoured catfish family, Callichthyidae, which is in the suborder Loricarioidei of the catfish order Siluriformes.