Hatcheria macraei

Hatcheria macraei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Trichomycterinae
Genus:	Hatcheria; Eigenmann, 1909
Species:	H. macraei
Binomial name
	Hatcheria macraei; (Girard, 1855)
Synonyms
	Thrichomycterus macraei; Girard, 1855; Pygidium Burmeisteri; Berg, 1895; Hatcheria patagoniensis; Eigenmann, 1909; Hatcheria titcombi; Eigenmann, 1918; Hatcheria pique; MacDonagh, 1938;

Hatcheria macraei is a species of pencil catfish and the only species in its genus.^[1] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.^[2]

References

^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Hatcheria macraei" in FishBase. February 2012 version.

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[1] Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Hatcheria macraei" in FishBase. February 2012 version.