Brochis seussi

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Brochis seussi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Brochis
Species:
B. seussi
Binomial name
Brochis seussi
(Dinkelmeyer, 1996)
Synonyms

Corydoras seussi

Brochis seussi is a South American catfish, family Callichthyidae. It was named after German ichthyologist Dr Werner Seuss. It quite strongly resembles Hoplisoma gossei . [2] However, it can be differentiated by its longer snout; nonetheless, it is not a 'true' longnose corydoras in the manner of, for example, Corydoras septentrionalis . The captive spawning of this catfish has not been documented.

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