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Lepthoplosternum
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Lepthoplosternum

Lepthoplosternum is a small genus of freshwater catfish in the Callichthyinae subfamily of the armored catfish family.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Dwarf Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum pectorale

Sandmover Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum beni

Ucamara Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum ucamara

Amazon Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum altamazonicum

Starry Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum stellatum

Lagoon Hoplo

speciesLepthoplosternum tordilho

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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 89434.