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Megalechis picta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Megalechis
Species:	M. picta
Binomial name
Megalechis picta (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Synonyms
Callichthys pictus Müller & Troschel, 1849 Callichthys sulcatus Kner, 1855 Hoplosternum oronocoi Fowler, 1915

Megalechis picta, the Tail bar armored catfish, Tail bar hoplo or Spotted Hoplo, is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. M. picta occurs east of the Andes in the Amazon, Orinoco, and upper Essequibo River basins, and coastal rivers of northern Brazil.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalechis picta". FishBase. December 2011 version.

1. Reis, Roberto E.; Le Bail, Pierre-Yves; Mol, Jan H. A (2005). Armbruster, J. W. (ed.). "New Arrangement in the Synonymy of Megalechis Reis, 1997 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)". Copeia. 2005 (3): 678–682. doi:10.1643/CI-04-353R. S2CID 85758105.

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• Fish of Bolivia
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• Freshwater fish of Colombia
• Freshwater fish of Ecuador
• Freshwater fish of Peru
• Fish of the Amazon basin
• Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller
• Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel
• Fish described in 1848
• Callichthyidae stubs