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Kronichthys is a genus of armored catfishes endemic to Brazil.

Kronichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Neoplecostominae
Genus:	Kronichthys A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908
Type species
Kronichthys subteres A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1908

The genus is named in honor of naturalist-archaeologist Ricardo Krone (1861-1917), who collected the type species specimen.[1]

Species

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

• Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)
• Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919)
• Kronichthys subteres A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908

Description

Kronichthys species are small, cylindrical fishes similar to the hypoptopomatine Schizolecis. The color pattern is dark brown with a slight mottling or four dorsal saddles, and the abdomen mostly white. The dorsal fin is short and the adipose fin is small.[3]

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