Ernstichthys is a genus of banjo catfishes that occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
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Subfamily: | Hoplomyzontinae |
Genus: | Ernstichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1953 |
Type species | |
Ernstichthys anduzei Fernández-Yépez, 1953 |
The genus was named in honor of the Chair of Natural Science at the Central University of Venezuela biologist Adolfo (also spelled Adolf) Ernst (1832-1899).[2]
Ernstichthys species are small to medium-sized, armored aspredinids.[1] Members of this genus are distinguished from all other aspredinids by having two sets of paired pre-anal-fin plates and a strongly recurved pectoral spine that is much longer than first branched pectoral-fin ray.[1]
There are currently three described species in this genus:[3]
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