Roberto E. Reis
Lepthoplosternum
Sign in to saveLepthoplosternum 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCallichthyidae
Vissen Lepthoplosternum is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de pantsermeervallen (Callichthyidae). Soorten Lepthoplosternum altamazonicum Reis, 1997 Lepthoplosternum beni Reis, 1997 Lepthoplosternum pectorale (Boulenger, 1895) Lepthoplosternum stellatum Reis & Kaefer, 2005 Lepthoplosternum tordilho Reis, 1997 Lepthoplosternum ucamara Reis & Kaefer, 2005
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, CUMV, MPEG, UF
- Recorded in
- Peru, Venezuela, Brasil
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- Parent taxon
- Callichthyinae
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Description
- References
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.
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