Centromochlus

Centromochlus is a genus of fish in the family Auchenipteridae native to South America.

Centromochlus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Subfamily: Centromochlinae
Genus: Centromochlus
Kner, 1858
Type species
Centromochlus megalops
Kner, 1858

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

  • Centromochlus altae Fowler, 1945
  • Centromochlus bockmanni (Sarmento-Soares & Buckup, 2005)
  • Centromochlus britskii Sarmento-Soares & Birindelli, 2015 [1]
  • Centromochlus concolor (Mees, 1974)
  • Centromochlus existimatus Mees, 1974
  • Centromochlus ferrarisi Birindelli, Sarmento-Soares & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 [2]
  • Centromochlus heckelii (De Filippi, 1853)
  • Centromochlus macracanthus Soares-Porto, 2000
  • Centromochlus megalops Kner, 1858
  • Centromochlus meridionalis Sarmento-Soares, Cabeceira, L. N. Carvalho, Zuanon & Akama, 2013 [3]
  • Centromochlus orca Sarmento-Soares, Lazzarotto, Rapp Py-Daniel & Leitão, 2016 [4]
  • Centromochlus perugiae Steindachner, 1882
  • Centromochlus punctatus (Mees, 1974)
  • Centromochlus reticulatus (Mees, 1974)
  • Centromochlus romani (Mees, 1988)
  • Centromochlus schultzi Rössel, 1962
  • Centromochlus simplex (Mees, 1974) [1]

References

  1. Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2015): A new species of the catfish genus Centromochlus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (1): 77-86.
  2. Birindelli, J.L.O., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015): A new species of Centromochlus (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the middle Rio Tocantins basin, Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (4): 860–875.
  3. Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Cabeceira, F.G., Carvalho, L.N., Zuanon, J. & Akama, A. (2013): Centromochlus meridionalis, a new catfish species from the southern Amazonian limits, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (4): 797-808.
  4. Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Lazzarotto, H., Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Leitão, R.P. (2016): A new Centromochlus Kner, 1858 (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the transition between Amazon floodplain and Guiana shield, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160030.
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