Centromochlus

Life-forms

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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Centromochlus
Subgenera: C. (Balroglanis) – C. (Centromochlus) – C. (Duringlanis) – C. (Ferrarissoaresia) – C. (Sauronglanis)

Species: C. altae – C. aulopygius – C. bockmanni – C. concolor – C. creutzbergi – C. dunni – C. existimatus – C. ferrarisi – C. gyrinus – C. heckelii – C. intermedius – C. leopardus – C. macracanthus – C. megalops – C. meridionalis – C. perugiae – C. punctatus – C. reticulatus – C. romani – C. schultzi – C. steindachneri – C. stroudi
Name

Centromochlus Kner, 1858

Type species: Centromochlus megalops Kner, 1858

References

Grant, S., 2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile 3: 1–16.

Kner, R.; 1858: Beiträge zur Familie der Characinen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 30 (13): 75–80. BHL

Links

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Centromochlus is a genus of fish in the family Auchenipteridae native to South America.
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 [1]
Centromochlus concolor (Mees, 1974)
Centromochlus existimatus Mees, 1974
Centromochlus ferrarisi Birindelli, Sarmento-Soares & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 [2]
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 [3]
Centromochlus orca Sarmento-Soares, Lazzarotto, Rapp Py-Daniel & Leitão, 2016 [4]
Centromochlus perugiae Steindachner, 1882
Centromochlus punctatus (Mees, 1974)
Centromochlus reticulatus (Mees, 1974)
Centromochlus romani (Mees, 1988)
Centromochlus schultzi Rössel, 1962
Centromochlus simplex (Mees, 1974) [1]

References

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.
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.
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.
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.