Ochmacanthus batrachostomus

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Trichomycteridae
Subfamilia: Stegophilinae
Genus: Ochmacanthus
Species: Ochmacanthus batrachostomus

Name

Ochmacanthus batrachostomus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)

Holotype (unique): MNRJ 786.

Type locality: Rio Paraguay at São Luiz de Cáceres, Corumba, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Etymology: from batrachus (= frog), and stomus (= mouth), allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its very wide mouth. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Gyrinurus batrachostoma Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Ochmacanthus batrachostoma (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)

References

Miranda Ribeiro, A. de 1912. Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae e Trichomycteridae. In: Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas. Annexo no. 5: 1–31, 1 pl. Reference page.
Neto, C.S. & de Pinna, M. 2016. Redescription of Ochmacanthus batrachostoma (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912) (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a possible case of incipient paedomorphism. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150030. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150030 Reference page.

Links

Ochmacanthus batrachostomus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Ochmacanthus batrachostomus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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