Pseudostegophilus
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| Pseudostegophilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
| Genus: | Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Stegophilus nemurus Günther, 1869 |
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| Binomial name | |
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Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon |
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Pseudostegophilus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes two species, P. haemomyzon and P. nemurus.[1] P. haemomyzon originates from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela while P. nemurus is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru.[1] P. haemomyzon grows to about 5.7 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[2] P. nemurus grows to about 15.0 cm (5.9 in) TL.[3] P. nemurus is said to become attached to the gills, anal region, and fins of dead, dying, or disabled fishes.[3]
[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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Pseudostegophilus nemurus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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