Olivaichthys
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Olivaichthys is a genus of velvet catfishes endemic to Argentina.
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Olivaichthys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Diplomystidae |
Genus: | Olivaichthys Arratia, 1987 |
Type species | |
Diplomystes viedmensis MacDonagh 1931 |
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Recently several authors have synonymized this genus with Diplomystes.[1] A molecular analysis has proposed that trans-Andean Diplomystes and the cis-Andean Olivaichthys are so closely related (in addition to the close morphological similarity), that Olivaichthys should not be recognized. However, this is strange as recent divergence is unlikely with the species on either side of the Andes.[2]