Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Trichomycteridae
Subfamilia: Stegophilinae
Genus: Ochmacanthus

Species: O. alternus – O. batrachostomus – O. flabelliferus – O. orinoco – O. reinhardtii

Name

Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912

  • Type species: Ochmacanthus flabelliferus Eigenmann, 1912

Etymology: from ochma (= hold) and acanthus (= spine), presumably referring to “claw-like erectile” opercular and preopercular spines on O. flabilliferus. (From The ETYFish project)

References

  • Eigenmann, C.H. 1912. The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 5(1): i–xxii + 1–578, Pls. 1–103. BHL Reference page. 
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