Asterophysus
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| Genus: | Asterophysus Kner, 1858
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| Species: | A. batrachus
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| Asterophysus batrachus Kner, 1858
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Asterophysus batrachus, the Gulper Catfish or Torpedo Catfish, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Auchenipteridae. It is the only species of the genus Asterophysus.[1] This species originates from the Orinoco and Rio Negro basins of Venezuela and Brazil.[1] It grows to a length of about 25.0 centimetres (9.84 in) SL.[2]
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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Asterophysus batrachus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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