Schultzichthys

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Schultzichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Schultzichthys
Dahl, 1960 [1]
Type species
Schultzichthys gracilis
Dahl, 1960 [1]

Schultzichthys is a genus of of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Stegophilinae, the parasitic catfishes. [1] These catfishes are found in South America.

Species

Schultzichthyscontains the following valid species: [2]

S. bondi is from the Amazon and Orinoco River basins, while S. gracilis is from the Guayabero River of the Orinoco River basin in Colombia. [3] Schultzichthys species grow to between 2.6–3.7  centimetres (1.0–1.5  in) SL. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stegophilinae". Catalog of Fishes (genus). California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudostegophilus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schultzichthys bondi". FishBase . July 2007 version.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schultzichthys gracilis". FishBase . July 2007 version.


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