Centrochir
| Centrochir | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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.
It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras.