Ochmacanthus

Ochmacanthus
Ochmacanthus reinhardtii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Stegophilinae
Genus:	Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Ochmacanthus flabelliferus Eigenmann, 1912
Binomial name
Ochmacanthus alternus Myers, 1927 Ochmacanthus batrachostoma (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912) Ochmacanthus flabelliferus Eigenmann, 1912 Ochmacanthus orinoco Myers, 1927 Ochmacanthus reinhardtii (Steindachner, 1882)
Synonyms
Gyrinurus Miranda Ribeiro, 1912

Ochmacanthus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes five species, O. alternus, O. batrachostoma, O. flabelliferus, O. orinoco, and O. reinhardtii.^[1] Ochmacanthus species are distributed in South America. O. alternus and O. orinoco originate from the Rio Negro and Orinoco River basins of Brazil and Venezuela. O. batrachstoma inhabits the Paraguay River basin in Brazil. O. flabelliferus lives in river drainages in Guyana and Venezuela. O. reinhardti is known from the Amazon River basin in Brazil and drainages in French Guyana.^[1] Ochmacanthus species grow to about 3.2–5.0 centimetres (1.3–1.9 in) in length.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus alternus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus batrachostoma" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus flabelliferus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
5. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus orinoco" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
6. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Ochmacanthus reinhardtii" in FishBase. July 2007 version.