Apomatoceros

Apomatoceros is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Stegophilinae, the parasitic catfishes.^[2] The only species in the genus is Apomatoceros alleni.^[3] This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River.^[4] The specific name honours the collector of the type, zoologist William Ray Allen of Indiana University.^[5]

Apomatoceros
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Stegophilinae
Genus:	Apomatoceros C. H. Eigenmann, 1922[2]
Species:	A. alleni
Binomial name
Apomatoceros alleni C. H. Eigenmann, 1922[2]