Taxonavigation

Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Lepthoplosternum
Species: L. altamazonicum – L. beni – L. pectorale – L. stellatum – L. tordilho – L. ucamara

Name

Lepthoplosternum Reis, 1997

• Type species: Callichthys pectoralis Boulenger, 1895

Etymology: From leptos (= small and delicate), presumably referring to smaller size compared to Hoplosternum (known in the aquarium trade as “dwarf hoplos”). From (http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes10/ The ETYFish project)

References

• Ferraris, C.J., jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page. 
• Reis, R.E. 1997. Revision of the neotropical catfish genus Hoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), with the description of two new genera and three new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 7(4): 299–326. Reference page. 
• Reis, R.E. & Kaefer, C.C. 2005. Two new species of the Neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005(4): 724–731. Reference page.