Apomatoceros

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| genus = Apomatoceros

| parent_authority = Eigenmann, 1922

| species = alleni

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Eigenmann, 1922

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Apomatoceros is a genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, its sole representative species being Apomatoceros alleni.{{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J. Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF}} This fish grows to about 14.6 centimetres (5.7 in) SL and originates from the Amazon River.{{FishBase|genus=Apomatoceros|species=alleni|year=2007|month=July}} The specific name honours the collector of the type, zoologist William Ray Allen (1885–1955) of Indiana University.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes1/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families DIPLOMYSTIDAE, CETOPSIDAE, TRICHOMYCTERIDAE and NEMATOGENYIDAE | access-date= 11 July 2019 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 18 December 2018}}