Pseudohemiodon | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
Tribe: | Loricariini |
Genus: |
Pseudohemiodon Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Hemiodon platycephalus Kner, 1853
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Pseudohemiodon is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
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]
Pseudohemiodon | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
Tribe: | Loricariini |
Genus: |
Pseudohemiodon Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Hemiodon platycephalus Kner, 1853
|
Pseudohemiodon is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.
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]