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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae Callichthyid armored catfishes
Subfamily: Callichthyinae
Genus: Callichthys

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Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

South America
Max. Length 21 cm TL
Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Callichthys callichthys
[Cascarudo]

Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.

South America
Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
Callichthys fabricioi Román-Valencia, Lehmann A. & Muñoz, 1999

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Callichthys fabricioi
[Western catfish]
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Callichthys oibaensis
[Oibita catfish]
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Max. Length 15.8 cm SL
 
Callichthys serralabium
[Sawlipped catfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Callichthys callichthys Cascarudo South America 21 TL 1758
Callichthys fabricioi Western catfish South America 12.5 SL 1999
Callichthys oibaensis Oibita catfish South America 2006
Callichthys serralabium Sawlipped catfish South America 15.8 SL 2004



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