Dentectus barbarmatus

Dentectus barbarmatus
Dentectus barbarmatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Loricariinae
Tribe: Loricariini
Genus: Dentectus
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982
Species: D. barbarmatus
Binomial name
Dentectus barbarmatus
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982

Dentectus barbarmatus is the only species of the monotypic genus Dentectus, a genus of the family Loricariidae of catfish (order Siluriformes).[1]

This species occurs in the upper Orinoco drainage.[1] There is very little ecological and behavioral information on this species.[1]

This species reaches about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[2] Although it has been placed within the Pseudohemiodon group based on its strongly depressed body, filamentous lips with long fringed barbels, and small, spoon-shaped and dentition, Dentectus also shows unique derived features such as the presence of plates along the outer margin of its maxillary barbels, and a unique mouth structure that distinguishes it from all other genera.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis". Zootaxa 1462: 1–40. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01462p040.pdf. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Dentectus barbarmatus" in FishBase. May 2007 version.


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