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Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis is a species of velvet catfish endemic to Chile where it occurs in the Bío-Bío River basin and in the Loncomilla River. It grows to a length of 26.0 centimetres (10.2 in) TL and is a component of local commercial fisheries as well as being a gamefish.

Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Suborder:	Diplomystoidei
Family:	Diplomystidae
Genus:	Diplomystes
Species:	D. nahuelbutaensis
Binomial name
Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis Arratia, 1987

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Diplomystes nahuelbutensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.

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