Megalechis picta
| Megalechis picta | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Callichthyidae |
| Subfamily: | Callichthyinae |
| Genus: | Megalechis |
| Species: | M. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalechis picta (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) | |
Megalechis picta, the Tail bar armored catfish, Tail bar hoplo or Spotted Hoplo, is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. M. picta occurs east of the Andes in the Amazon, Orinoco, and upper Essequibo River basins, and coastal rivers of northern Brazil.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Megalechis picta" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Reis, Roberto E.; Le Bail, Pierre-Yves; Mol, Jan H. A (2005). Armbruster, J. W., ed. "New Arrangement in the Synonymy of Megalechis Reis, 1997 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)". Copeia. 2005 (3): 678–682. doi:10.1643/CI-04-353R. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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