Acentronichthys
Sign in to saveAcentronichthys leptos is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acentronichthys of the family Heptapteridae. This species occurs in coastal streams in Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina State, in São Mateus, Espírito Santo State and on Leopoldina, Minas Gerais. This species grows to in SL.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyHeptapteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Heptapteridae
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- taxon name
- Acentronichthys
- taxon rank
- genus
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Acentronichthys leptos is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acentronichthys of the family Heptapteridae. This species occurs in coastal streams in Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina State, in São Mateus, Espírito Santo State and on Leopoldina, Minas Gerais. This species grows to in SL.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acentronichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.