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Bartail Hoplo
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Catfish

Bartail Hoplo

Megalechis picta (Müller & Troschel, 1849)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBartail Hoplo
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese锈色大美鲇
Sranan Tongokwikwi (general name for the group)
Sranan Tongokatfisi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMegalechis picta (Müller & Troschel, 1849)

About this species

Megalechis picta, the Tail bar armored catfish, Tail bar hoplo or Spotted Hoplo, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. M. picta occurs east of the Andes in the Amazon, Orinoco, and upper Essequibo River basins, and coastal rivers of northern Brazil.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCallichthyidae
GenusMegalechis

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