''Centromochlus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Auchenipteridae native to
South America
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.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Centromochlus altae''
Fowler, 1945
* ''
Centromochlus bockmanni''
( Sarmento-Soares & Buckup, 2005)
* ''
Centromochlus britskii''
Sarmento-Soares & Birindelli, 2015 [Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2015)]
A new species of the catfish genus ''Centromochlus'' (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (1): 77-86.''
* ''
Centromochlus concolor''
( Mees, 1974)
* ''
Centromochlus existimatus''
Mees, 1974
* ''
Centromochlus ferrarisi''
Birindelli, Sarmento-Soares & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 [Birindelli, J.L.O., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015)]
A new species of ''Centromochlus'' (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the middle Rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.
''Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (4): 860–875.''
* ''
Centromochlus heckelii''
( De Filippi, 1853)
* ''
Centromochlus macracanthus''
Soares-Porto, 2000
* ''
Centromochlus megalops''
Kner, 1858
* ''
Centromochlus meridionalis''
Sarmento-Soares, Cabeceira, L. N. Carvalho, Zuanon & Akama, 2013 [Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Cabeceira, F.G., Carvalho, L.N., Zuanon, J. & Akama, A. (2013)]
''Centromochlus meridionalis'', a new catfish species from the southern Amazonian limits, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae).
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (4): 797-808.''
* ''
Centromochlus orca''
Sarmento-Soares, Lazzarotto, Rapp Py-Daniel & Leitão, 2016 [Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Lazzarotto, H., Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Leitão, R.P. (2016)]
A new ''Centromochlus'' Kner, 1858 (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the transition between Amazon floodplain and Guiana shield, Brazil.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (4): e160030.''
* ''
Centromochlus perugiae''
Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1882
* ''
Centromochlus punctatus''
( Mees, 1974)
* ''
Centromochlus reticulatus''
( Mees, 1974)
* ''
Centromochlus romani''
( Mees, 1988)
* ''
Centromochlus schultzi''
Rössel, 1962
* ''
Centromochlus simplex''
( Mees, 1974) [
]
References
Auchenipteridae
Catfish of South America
Catfish genera
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Rudolf Kner
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