Pseudohemiodon
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| Pseudohemiodon | |
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| Pseudohemiodon laticeps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Pseudohemiodon Bleeker, 1862[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hemiodon platycephalus | |
Pseudohemiodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Pseudohemiodon contains the following recognised species:[2]
- Pseudohemiodon almendarizi Provenzano, Argüello & Barriga-Salazar, 2022
- Pseudohemiodon amazonum (Delsman, 1941)
- Pseudohemiodon apithanos Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978
- Pseudohemiodon devincenzii (Señorans, 1950)
- Pseudohemiodon lamina (Günther, 1868)
- Pseudohemiodon laticeps (Regan, 1904)
- Pseudohemiodon platycephalus (Kner, 1853)
- Pseudohemiodon thorectes Isbrücker, 1975
- Pseudohemiodon unillano Rojas-Molina, Provenzano & Ramírez-Gil, 2019
Distribution
Pseudohemiodon is distributed in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Paraná River basins.[3]