Plectrochilus

Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
Type species: Plectrochilus machadoi
Vandellia hasemani = Plectrochilus machadoi, dorsal
Classification
 
Family
Trichomycteridae
 
Subfamily
Vandelliinae
Synonyms
Length (total)
7 - 10 cm
Fins
Adipose
Anale
Caudale
Dorsale
Pectorale
Ventrale
 
Plectrochilus - overview of fins
Mouth
Jaw
Plectrochilus machadoi
Distribution
Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Ecuador (1), Peru (1)
Map to Plectrochilus
Similar Genus
Additional literatur
  • Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1917 "De scleracanthis. Fluvio "Solimões" anno MCMVIII a cl. F. Machado da Silva duce brasiliense inventis et in Museu Urbis "Rio de Janeiro" servatis" (Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Sciências (Rio de Janeiro), Vol. 1, P. 49)

Species

Species
Country
Origin
Length
(cm)
AQ
(cm)
T.
(°C)
Bree
ding
Plectrochilus diabolicus
Myers, 1927
 
Peru
oberer Amazonas-Einzug, río Ucayali, río Marañon
(Loreto)
Myers, George S., 1927 "Descriptions of New South American Fresh-Water Fishes collected by Dr. Carl Ternetz"
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)"
7
60
 
unknown
Plectrochilus machadoi
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917
 
Bolivia, Brazil
Rio Solimões-, mittlerer Amazonas-Einzug, río Mamoré
(Amazonas (BRA), Beni)
Vandellia hasemani = Plectrochilus machadoi, dorsal
10
60
 
unknown
Plectrochilus wieneri
Pellegrin, 1909
 
Ecuador
Río Napo-Einzug
(Napo)
IUCN: least concern
Pellegrin, J., 1909 "Les poissons du genre Vandellia"
Pellegrin, J., 1909 "Sur un Poisson parasite nouveau du genre Vandellia"
Schmidt, R.E., 1987 "Redescription of Vandellia beccarii (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Guyana"
10
60
 
unknown
3  entries found.
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for the pictures
The Field Museum - Michael W. Littmann (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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