Delturus

Genus of fishes

Delturus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Delturinae
Genus: Delturus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889[1]
Type species
Delturus parahybae
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889[1]

Delturus is a genus of armored catfishes native to rivers in Southeast and Northeast Brazil.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Delturus angulicauda (Steindachner, 1877)
  • Delturus brevis Reis & Pereira, 2006
  • Delturus carinotus (La Monte, 1933)
  • Delturus parahybae Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

References

  1. ^ a b "Delturus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences – Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Delturus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Delturus


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