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Chasmocranus
Chasmocranus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Chasmocranus longior
speciesChasmocranus longior

Chasmocranus rosae
speciesChasmocranus rosae
Chasmocranus quadrizonatus
speciesChasmocranus quadrizonatus
Chasmocranus brevior
speciesChasmocranus brevior
Chasmocranus surinamensis
speciesChasmocranus surinamensis
Chasmocranus peruanus
speciesChasmocranus peruanus
Chasmocranus chimantanus
speciesChasmocranus chimantanus
Chasmocranus truncatorostris
speciesChasmocranus truncatorostris
Chasmocranus lopezi
speciesChasmocranus lopezi
Chasmocranus brachynema
speciesChasmocranus brachynema
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 87370.