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Callichthys
Callichthys is a small genus of freshwater catfish in the Callichthyinae subfamily of the armored catfish family, and consists of 4 species from South America. The genus Callichthys is distributed in most freshwater drainages of South America.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Cascarudo
speciesCallichthys callichthys
Western Cascarudo
speciesCallichthys fabricioi
Oibita Cascarudo
speciesCallichthys oibaensis
Eastern Cascarudo
speciesCallichthys serralabium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 87171.