Kronichthys

Kronichthys is a genus of armored catfishes endemic to Brazil.

The genus is named in honor of naturalist-archaeologist Ricardo Krone (1861-1917), who collected the type species specimen.

Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
 * Kronichthys heylandi (Boulenger, 1900)
 * Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols, 1919)
 * Kronichthys subteres A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908

Description
Kronichthys species are small, cylindrical fishes similar to the hypoptopomatine Schizolecis. The color pattern is dark brown with a slight mottling or four dorsal saddles, and the abdomen mostly white. The dorsal fin is short and the adipose fin is small.