Parastegophilus
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| Parastegophilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
| Genus: | Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| Stegophilus maculatus Steindachner, 1879 |
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| Binomial name | |
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Parastegophilus maculatus |
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Parastegophilus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes two species, P. maculatus and P. paulensis.[1] P. maculatus origiantes from the lower Paraná and Uruguay River basins in Argentina while P. paulensis is from the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil.[1] Parastegophilus species grow to about 5.4–6.0 centimetres (2.1–2.4 in) in length.[2][3] P. maculatus enters the gill chamber of Luciopimelodus pati and feeds on the gills.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Parastegophilus maculatus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Parastegophilus paulensis" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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