| Centrochir | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Doradinae |
| Genus: | Centrochir Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Doras crocodili Humboldt, 1821
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Centrochir is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.1
It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:2
- Centrochir birindellii (Sousa, Chaves, Akama, Zuanon & Sabaj, 2018)3
- Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821)
References
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Centrochir". FishBase. July 2018 version. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Centrochir". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- Sousa, L.M.; M.S. Chaves; A. Akama; J. Zuanon; M.H. Sabaj (2018). "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 166 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2018PANSP.166....1S. doi:10.1635/053.166.0106. S2CID 90673235.