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View Mode View All Pictures Species Chaetostomus megacephalus Günther    Chaetostomus megacephalus was originally described as Chaetostomus megacephalus by Günther in 1868. It belongs to the family Loricariidae and subfamily Hypostominae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Essequibo basin, Guyana and coastal drainages of Suriname: Guyana and Suriname.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megacephalus AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1868 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Siluriformes Family   Loricariidae Subfamily   Hypostominae Hypostominae Genus   Chaetostomus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Family   Loricariidae Subfamily   Hypostominae Genus   Chaetostomus Original Name   Chaetostomus         Taxon Name   megacephalus Original Combination   Chaetostomus megacephalus Original Genus   Chaetostomus Original Genus Species   Chaetostomus megacephalus OriginalSubGenus   Chaetostomus Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1868 Original Family   Loricariidae Original SubFamily   Hypostominae Original Level   species Type Locality   Probably Suriname. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1978.9.12.3 Journal   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 4) Citation   v. 1 (no. 6) Page   476 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Pseudancistrus macrops Current Species   macrops Current Genus   Pseudancistrus Current AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1868 Current Family   Loricariidae Current Subfamily   Ancistrinae Ancistrinae         Water   Fresh water     Distribution   Essequibo basin, Guyana and coastal drainages of Suriname: Guyana and Suriname. Current Summary   Synonym of Pseudancistrus megacephalus  (Günther 1868). Loricariidae: Hypostominae.   Name History   • Valid as Hemiancistrus megacephalus  (Günther 1868) -- (Isbrücker 1980:51 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:434 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:26, 27 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Cardoso & Lucinda 2003:74 [ref. 26858], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:386 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155]). Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (70 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   aculeatus Chaetostomus aculeatus Perugia [A.] 1891 Synonym aequinoctialis Chaetostomus aequinoctialis Pellegrin [J.] 1909 Synonym aequinoctialis Transancistrus aequinoctialis (Pellegrin [J.] 1909) Valid alga Chaetostomus alga Cope [E. D.] 1872 Synonym anomalus Chaetostomus anomalus Regan [C. T.] 1903 Synonym aspidolepis Chaetostomus aspidolepis Günther [A.] 1867 Synonym aspidolepis Hypostomus aspidolepis (Günther [A.] 1867) Valid bachi Chaetostomus bachi Boulenger [G. A.] 1898 Synonym bachi Peckoltichthys bachi (Boulenger [G. A.] 1898) Valid branickii Chaetostomus branickii Steindachner [F.] 1881 Synonym brevilabiatus Chaetostomus brevilabiatus Dahl [G.] 1942 Synonym brevis Chaetostomus brevis Regan [C. T.] 1904 Synonym cirrhosus maculatus Chaetostomus (Ancistrus) cirrhosus maculatus Steindachner [F.] 1881 Synonym cirrhosus punctata Chaetostomus (Ancistrus) cirrhosus punctata Steindachner [F.] 1881 Synonym cochliodon Chaetostomus cochliodon Steindachner [F.] 1879 Synonym cochliodon gibbosus Chaetostomus cochliodon gibbosus Steindachner [F.] 1880 Synonym dentex Chaetostomus dentex Günther [A.] 1868 Synonym depressus Chaetostomus depressus Günther [A.] 1868 Synonym dermorhynchus Chaetostomus dermorhynchus Boulenger [G. A.] 1887 Synonym dorsalis Chaetostomus dorsalis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1922 Synonym eptingi Chaetostomus eptingi Fowler [H. W.] 1941 Synonym fischeri Chaetostomus fischeri Steindachner [F.] 1879 Synonym fordii Chaetostomus fordii Günther [A.] 1868 Synonym furcatus Chaetostomus furcatus Fowler [H. W.] 1940 Synonym gigas Chaetostomus gigas Boulenger [G. A.] 1895 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 3 (70 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…