Aspidoras mephisto

Aspidoras mephisto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Aspidoras
Species:
A. mephisto
Binomial name
Aspidoras mephisto
Tencatt & Bichuette, 2017

Aspidoras mephisto is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging the family Callichthyidae, the armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys. This species is found in South America where it is endemic to the Anésio-Russão cave system in the upper Tocantins River basin in Goiás, Brazil. This fish is the first species of armoured catfish that is troglobitic.

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