Centrochir
| Centrochir | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Doradinae |
| Genus: | Centrochir Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Doras crocodili Humboldt, 1821
| |
Centrochir is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.[1]
It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Centrochir birindellii (Sousa, Chaves, Akama, Zuanon & Sabaj, 2018)[3]
- Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Centrochir". FishBase. July 2018 version. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Centrochir". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Sousa, L.M.; M.S. Chaves; A. Akama; J. Zuanon; M.H. Sabaj (2018). "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 166 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2018PANSP.166....1S. doi:10.1635/053.166.0106. S2CID 90673235.