Genidens machadoi

Genidens machadoi

Catfish beneath Western Atlantic

Tropical
Coastal
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Large
Tropical fish

Genidens machadoi is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro in 1918, originally under the genus Tachysurus. It inhabits rivers along the south Atlantic coast in Argentina,Uruguay and Brazil.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Genidens
Maximum length: 80 cm
Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: coastal rivers of southern Atlantic, from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Argentina and probably Chile.

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