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View Mode View All Pictures Species Chaetostomus megacephalus (Günther 1868)    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.   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 --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Hemiancistrus macrops Current Species macrops Current Genus Hemiancistrus Current AuthorWI Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI Günther Current Year 1868 Current Family Loricariidae Current Subfamily Hypostominae Hypostominae Habitat Freshwater.         Water Fresh water     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], DoNascimiento 2016:532 [ref. 34727]). •Valid as "Pseudancistrus" megacephalus (Günther 1868) -- (Armbruster et al. 2015:99 [ref. 33670]). Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures 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 maculata 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…