Chasmocranus

Chasmocranus
Chasmocranus longior top
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Chasmocranus longior Eigenmann, 1912
Species
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Chasmocranus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Chasmocranus brachynemus A. L. Gomes & Schubart, 1958
• Chasmocranus brevior C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Chasmocranus chimantanus Inger, 1956
• Chasmocranus longior C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Chasmocranus lopezi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1968
• Chasmocranus peruanus C. H. Eigenmann & N. E. Pearson, 1942
• Chasmocranus quadrizonatus N. E. Pearson, 1937
• Chasmocranus rosae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
• Chasmocranus surinamensis (Bleeker, 1862)
• Chasmocranus truncatorostris Borodin, 1927