Plectrochilus
Plectrochilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
| Plectrochilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Vandelliinae |
| Genus: | Plectrochilus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Plectrochilus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro, 1917 | |
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Plectrochilus diabolicus (Myers, 1927)
- Plectrochilus machadoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917)
- Plectrochilus wieneri (Pellegrin, 1909)
P. diabolicus and P. machadoi are found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru, while P. wieneri is found in the Napo River basin of Ecuador.[2]
P. diabolicus grows to 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.[3] P. machadoi grows to 9.3 cm (3.7 in).[4]
Specimens of P. machadoi have been found partially buried in the belly of a specimen of Pseudoplatystoma where it apparently had burrowed through the body wall.[4]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Plectrochilus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Plectrochilus diabolicus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Plectrochilus machadoi" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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