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Ernstichthys

Ernstichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
Subfamily: Hoplomyzontinae
Genus: Ernstichthys
Fernández-Yépez, 1953
Type species
Ernstichthys anduzei
Fernández-Yépez, 1953

Ernstichthys is a genus of banjo catfishes that occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

Ernstichthys species are small to medium-sized, armored aspredinids. Members of this genus are distinguished from all other aspredinids by having two sets of paired pre-anal-fin plates and a strongly recurved pectoral spine that is much longer than first branched pectoral-fin ray.

There are currently three described species in this genus:



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