Hoplosternum
| Hoplosternum Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
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| Hoplosternum littorale | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Callichthyidae |
| Subfamily: | Callichthyinae |
| Genus: | Hoplosternum T. N. Gill, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes, 1834
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Hoplosternum is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The genus Holplosternum is found in southern Central America and South America.
A fossil catfish has been identified as Hoplosternum sp. from the middle Miocene in the La Venta formation, Magdalena River basin, Colombia.