Hatcheria

Hatcheria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Hatcheria
C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[3]
Species:
H. macraei
Binomial name
Hatcheria macraei
(Girard, 1855)[2]
Synonyms
  • Thrichomycterus macraei Girard, 1855
  • Pygidium burmeisteri Berg, 1895
  • Hatcheria patagoniensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
  • Hatecheria titcombi C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
  • Hatecheria pique MacDonagh, 1938

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Hatcheria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, the only species in the genus is Hatcheria macraei.[4] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.[5]

References

  1. ^ Cussac, V. (2022). "Hatcheria macraei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T176562198A176562220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T176562198A176562220.en. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hatcheria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hatcheria macraei". FishBase. February 2012 version.