Centrochir

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Centrochir
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Doradinae
Genus: Centrochir
Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Type species
Doras crocodili
Humboldt, 1821

Centrochir is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America. [1]

It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras .

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Centrochir". FishBase . July 2018 version. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Centrochir". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Sousa, L.M.; M.S. Chaves; A. Akama; J. Zuanon; M.H. Sabaj (2018). "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 166 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2018PANSP.166....1S. doi:10.1635/053.166.0106. S2CID   90673235.


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