Megalocentor

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Megalocentor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Megalocentor
de Pinna & Britski, 1991 [2]
Species:
M. echthrus
Binomial name
Megalocentor echthrus
de Pinna & Britski, 1991 [2]

Megalocentor is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Stegophilinae, the parasitic catfishes. [2] The only species in the genus is Megalocentor echthrus. [3] This fish grows to about 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Megalocentor echthrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T49829772A159914384. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829772A159914384.en . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stegophilinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase . February 2012 version.


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