Biology:Centromochlus

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Centromochlus is a genus of fish in the family Auchenipteridae native to South America.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Centromochlus akwae Coelho, Chamon & Sarmento-Soares, 2021
  • Centromochlus carolae (Vari & Ferraris, 2013) [2]
  • Centromochlus existimatus Mees, 1974
  • Centromochlus heckelii (De Filippi, 1853)
  • Centromochlus macracanthus Soares-Porto, 2000
  • Centromochlus melanoleucus (Vari & Calegari, 2014) [3]
  • Centromochlus musaicus (Royero-L., 1992) [3]
  • Centromochlus orca Sarmento-Soares, Lazzarotto, Rapp Py-Daniel & Leitão, 2016[4]
  • Centromochlus schultzi Rössel, 1962

In addition to the described species, an undescribed species of Centromochlus that closely resembles Centromochlus orca is often sold in the tropical fish hobby. This undescribed form is known as Ninja tatia or Ninja woodcat. This "Tatia" fish has some white spots on the upper black-colored body and more white on the tail fin, compared to Centromochlus musaicus.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Centromochlus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Centromochlus. 
  2. ↑ Vari, R.P.; Ferraris Jr., C.J. (2013). "Two New Species of the Catfish Genus Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Guiana Shield and a Reevaluation of the Limits of the Genus". Copeia 2013 (3): 396–402. doi:10.1643/CI-12-115. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vari, R.P.; Calegari, B.B. (2014). "New species of the catfish genus Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the rio Teles Pires, upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (4): 667–674. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130193. http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n04/NI-2013-0193.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 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). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160030. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v14n4/1982-0224-ni-14-04-e160030.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Frank Schäfer (22 January 2016). "Tatia musaica (= Cenromochlus[sic orca)"]. AquariumGlaser. https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/10-catfishes/10c-catfishes-remaining-catfish-from-south-america/tatia_musaica_en/. 

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