Apomatoceros
| Apomatoceros | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
| Genus: | Apomatoceros C. H. Eigenmann, 1922[2] |
| Species: | A. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Apomatoceros alleni C. H. Eigenmann, 1922[2]
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Apomatoceros 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 Apomatoceros alleni.[3] This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River.[4] The specific name honours the collector of the type, zoologist William Ray Allen of Indiana University.[5]
References
- ^ Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Apomatoceros alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830712A159047868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830712A159047868.en. Retrieved 20 November 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.). "Apomatoceros alleni". FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ Christopher Scarpf (25 September 2025). "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 November 2025.