Pseudohemiodon is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
Pseudohemiodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
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Tribe: | Loricariini |
Genus: | Pseudohemiodon Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Hemiodon platycephalus Kner, 1853 |
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
Pseudohemiodon is distributed in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Paraná River basins.[2]
The body of Pseudohemiodon species is very flat and the pelvic fins are used mainly for locomotion on sand. Sexual dimorphism is unknown.[2]
Like other members of the Pseudohemiodon group, Pseudohemiodon occurs primarily over sandy substrates.[2] Also like the other genera in the Pseudohemiodon group, species of this genus are abdomino-lip brooders. The very large eggs are incubated by the male.[2]
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