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Brachyglanis is a genus of Three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyHeptapteridae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
82
Family
Heptapteridae
Collections
AUM, USNM, KU, CAS, ROM
Recorded in
Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Heptapteridae
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taxon name
Brachyglanis
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Brachyglanis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Brachyglanis is a genus of Three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.

== Species == There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Brachyglanis frenatus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez, 1967 Brachyglanis melas C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Brachyglanis microphthalmus Bizerril, 1991 Brachyglanis phalacra C. H. Eigenmann, 1912

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