Pseudostegophilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Trichomycteridae |
Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
Genus: | Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
Type species | |
Stegophilus nemurus Günther, 1869
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Pseudostegophilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America. The members of this genus are obligate parasites that feed on scales and mucus of other fish.