Pseudauchenipterus
Appearance
Pseudauchenipterus | |
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Pseudauchenipterus nodosus above | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Auchenipteridae |
Subfamily: | Auchenipterinae |
Genus: | Pseudauchenipterus Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Silurus nodosus Bloch, 1794
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Pseudauchenipterus is a genus of driftwood catfish that occur in tropical South America.
Species
There are currently four described species in this genus:
- Pseudauchenipterus affinis (Steindachner, 1877)
- Pseudauchenipterus flavescens (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
- Pseudauchenipterus jequitinhonhae (Steindachner, 1877)
- Pseudauchenipterus nodosus (Bloch, 1794) (Cocosoda catfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudauchenipterus". FishBase. December 2011 version.