Hatcheria

Hatcheria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, the only species in the genus is Hatcheria macraei.^[4] This fish grows to about 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in) and originates from rivers east of the Andes in Argentina, between 29° and 45°30′S.^[5]

Hatcheria
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Trichomycterinae
Genus:	Hatcheria C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[2]
Species:	H. macraei
Binomial name
Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855)[3]
Synonyms
Thrichomycterus macraei Girard, 1855 Pygidium burmeisteri Berg, 1895 Hatcheria patagoniensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1909 Hatecheria titcombi C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Hatecheria pique MacDonagh, 1938 synonyms_ref = [3]