Trachycorystes is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in tropical South America.
Trachycorystes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Auchenipteridae |
Subfamily: | Auchenipterinae |
Genus: | Trachycorystes Bleeker, 1858 |
Type species | |
Auchenipterus trachycorystes Valenciennes, 1840
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Species
editThere are currently four described species in this genus:[1]
- Trachycorystes cratensis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
- Trachycorystes menezesi Britski & Akama, 2011
- Trachycorystes porosus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
- Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840) (Black catfish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trachycorystes". FishBase. December 2011 version.