Diplomystes camposensis
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| Diplomystes camposensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Diplomystidae |
| Genus: | Diplomystes |
| Species: | D. camposensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplomystes camposensis | |
Diplomystes camposensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diplomystidae, the velvet catfishes.[2] This fish is endemic to Chile where it occurs in the Valdivia region in the uspper and middle reaches of the Valdivia River and Tolten River basins.[1] It grows to a maximum total length of 25.0 centimetres (9.8 in).[3] D. campoensis is commercially caught as well as being a gamefish but the population is threatened by deforestation, agr-forestery, damming and the introduction of the invasive predatory fish, the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).[1]
