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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyTrichomycteridae
  5. ›genusMegalocentor
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Megalocentor echthrus

Megalocentor echthrus de Pinna & Britski, 1991

Also calledkandiru madeirský (ces)

First described in: de Pinna, M. C. C. and H. A. Britski. (1991). Megalocentor, a new genus of parasitic catfish from the Amazon basin: the sister group of Apomatoceros (Trichomycteridae: Stegophilinae). <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 2 (2): 113-128.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2343350.