Centrochir
Genus of fishes
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Centrochir is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.[1]
| Centrochir | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Doradinae |
| Genus: | Centrochir Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Doras crocodili Humboldt, 1821 | |
It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Centrochir birindellii (Sousa, Chaves, Akama, Zuanon & Sabaj, 2018)[3]
- Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821)
