Trachycorystes

Genus of fishes

Trachycorystes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Subfamily: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Trachycorystes
Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Auchenipterus trachycorystes
Valenciennes, 1840

Trachycorystes is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in tropical South America.

Species

There are currently four described species in this genus:[1]

  • Trachycorystes cratensis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
  • Trachycorystes menezesi Britski & Akama, 2011
  • Trachycorystes porosus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
  • Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840) (Black catfish)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trachycorystes". FishBase. December 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Trachycorystes
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