Hoplosternum
| Hoplosternum Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent | |
|---|---|
| Hoplosternum littorale | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 small genus of freshwater catfish in the Callichthyinae subfamily of the armored catfish family.
A fossil catfish has been identified as Hoplosternum sp. from the middle Miocene in the La Venta formation, Magdalena River basin, Colombia.
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