Dentectus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
Tribe: | Loricariini |
Genus: | Dentectus Martín Salazar, Isbrücker, & Nijssen, 1982 |
Species: | D. barbarmatus |
Binomial name | |
Dentectus barbarmatus |
Dentectus barbarmatus is the only species of the monotypic genus Dentectus, a genus of armored catfish. [2] [3]
This species is endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco drainage. [2] There is very little ecological and behavioral information on this species. [2]
This species reaches 13.7 centimetres (5.4 in) SL. [4] Although it has been placed within the Pseudohemiodon group based on its strongly depressed body, filamentous lips with long fringed barbels, and small, spoon-shaped and dentition, Dentectus also shows unique derived features such as the presence of plates along the outer margin of its maxillary barbels, and a unique mouth structure that distinguishes it from all other genera. [2]
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