''Delturus'' is a genus of
armored catfishes native to rivers in
Southeast
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and
Northeast Brazil
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.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Delturus angulicauda''
(Steindachner
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, 1877)
* ''
Delturus brevis''
Reis & Pereira, 2006
* ''
Delturus carinotus''
( La Monte, 1933)
* ''
Delturus parahybae''
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
References
Delturinae
Suckermouth catfish of Brazil
Endemic fish of Brazil
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Freshwater fish genera
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