Galeichthys
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| Galeichthys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Galeichthyinae Acero P & Betancur-R., 2007 |
| Genus: | Galeichthys Valenciennes in G. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 |
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Galeichthys is a genus of sea catfishes (order Siluriformes).[1] The only genus in the subfamily Galeichthyinae, this genus includes four species.[2]
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[edit] Species
- Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 (Black sea catfish)
- Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (White barbel)
- Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken, 1874 (Peruvian sea catfish)
- Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010
[edit] Distribution
Galeichthys species are predominantly marine species distributed in Southern Africa and northwestern South America.[3]
[edit] Description
These fish have three pairs of barbels: a pair of fleshy and cylindrical maxillary barbels and two pairs of mental barbels. The base of the adipose fin is as long as the base of the anal fin.
[edit] References
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Galeichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 1416: 1–126. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01416p126.pdf.
