Megalocentor

Megalocentor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Megalocentor
de Pinna & Britski, 1991
Species:
M. echthrus
Binomial name
Megalocentor echthrus
de Pinna & Britski, 1991

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. The only species in the genus is Megalocentor echthrus. This fish grows to about 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocentor echthrus". FishBase. February 2012 version.