Megalechis
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Megalechis thoracata Megalechis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Megalechis, and connects out to fin, Callichthyidae and South America.
Vinony files it under Callichthyinae, Catfish genera and Fish of South America.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCallichthyidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Guiana, Bolivia, French Guiana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Callichthyinae
- Image
- Megalechis thoracata by Ark.jpg
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- Megalechis
- taxon name
- Megalechis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Megalechis
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Distribution
- Description
- References
thumb|250px|Megalechis thoracata Megalechis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
==Taxonomy== The name is derived from the Greek megas, meaning "great", and the Greek lekis, meaning "plate".
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