Hatcheria macraei is a species of pencil catfish and the only species in its genus.[1] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.[2]
Hatcheria macraei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Trichomycteridae |
Subfamily: | Trichomycterinae |
Genus: | Hatcheria Eigenmann, 1909 |
Species: | H. macraei
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Binomial name | |
Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855)
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References
edit- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hatcheria macraei". FishBase. February 2012 version.