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Hatcheria

Hatcheria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, the only species in the genus is Hatcheria macraei. This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.

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Hatcheria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Hatcheria
C. H. Eigenmann, 19093
Species:
H. macraei
Binomial name
Hatcheria macraei
(Girard, 1855)2
Synonyms
  • Thrichomycterus macraei Girard, 1855
  • Pygidium burmeisteri Berg, 1895
  • Hatcheria patagoniensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
  • Hatecheria titcombi C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
  • Hatecheria pique MacDonagh, 1938

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Hatcheria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, the only species in the genus is Hatcheria macraei.4 This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.5

References

References

  1. Cussac, V. (2022). "Hatcheria macraei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T176562198A176562220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T176562198A176562220.en. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hatcheria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hatcheria macraei". FishBase. February 2012 version.