Callichthys

Callichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armored catfishes. The genus Callichthys is distributed in most freshwater drainages of South America.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Callichthys is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Callichthyidae, South America and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Callichthyinae, Callichthys and Catfish genera.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCallichthyidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations recorded2,473

Callichthys es un género de peces de la familia Callichthyidae en el orden Siluriformes. Sus especies habitan en el centro y norte de América del Sur.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 96
Family: Callichthyidae
Collections: CUMV, CAS, USNM, LACM, UMZC, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Recorded in: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Brasil

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Callichthyinae
Image: Callichthys callichthys.JPG

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taxon name: Callichthys
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Callichthys

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Contents

Taxonomy
Species
Description
Ecology
In the aquarium
References

==Taxonomy== The type species for this genus is Callichtys callichthys. The name Callichthys is derived from the Greek kallos (beautiful) and ichthys (fish). 3 of the 4 species were described only relatively recently.

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