Apomatoceros
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Apomatoceros alleni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Apomatoceros
Eigenmann, 1922
Species: A. alleni
Binomial name
Apomatoceros alleni
Eigenmann, 1922

Apomatoceros alleni is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Apomatoceros.1 This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River.2

References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Apomatoceros alleni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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