Centrochir

Centrochir is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.^[1]

Centrochir
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Subfamily:	Doradinae
Genus:	Centrochir Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Type species
Doras crocodili Humboldt, 1821

It is the sister genus of the Raphael catfish genus Platydoras.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Centrochir birindellii (Sousa, Chaves, Akama, Zuanon & Sabaj, 2018)^[3]
• Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821)