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Trachycorystes
Sign in to saveTrachycorystes is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in tropical South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAuchenipteridae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 80
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM, ANSP, AUM, CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Siparuni Viii-2, Atabapo, Manapiare, Colombia
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- Parent taxon
- Auchenipteridae
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- FMIB 52364 Loricaria typus (Bleeker).jpeg
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Trachycorystes is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in tropical South America.
== Species == There are currently two described species in this genus: Trachycorystes menezesi Britski & Akama, 2011 Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840) (Black catfish)
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