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Apomatoceros alleni

Apomatoceros is a genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, its sole representative species being Apomatoceros alleni. This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River. The specific name honours the collector of the type, zoologist William Ray Allen (1885–1955) of Indiana University.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 621656.