Megalocentor
| Megalocentor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
| Genus: | Megalocentor de Pinna & Britski, 1991[2] |
| Species: | M. echthrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Megalocentor echthrus de Pinna & Britski, 1991[2]
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Megalocentor is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Stegophilinae, the parasitic catfishes.[2] The only species in the genus is Megalocentor echthrus.[3] This fish grows to about 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins.[4]
References
- ^ Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Megalocentor echthrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49829772A159914384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829772A159914384.en. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stegophilinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase. February 2012 version.