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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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Trachycorystes
Species: T. cratensis – T. menezesi – T. porosus – T. trachycorystes
Name

Trachycorystes Bleeker, 1858: 200, 205, 208

Type species: Auchenipterus trachycorystes ♂ Valenciennes 1840. Type by absolute tautonymy.
References

Bleeker, P. 1858: De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. Beschreven en toegelicht. Siluri. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae, 4: i-xii + 1-370.
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Trachycorystes is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in tropical South America.
Species

There are currently four described species in this genus:[1]

Trachycorystes cratensis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
Trachycorystes menezesi Britski & Akama, 2011
Trachycorystes porosus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840) (Black catfish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Trachycorystes in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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