Cephalosilurus
Sign in to saveCephalosilurus is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae. The genus was first described in 1911.
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It sits within the topics Printworthy redirects, Pseudopimelodidae and Taxa named by John Diederich Haseman.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPseudopimelodidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Pseudopimelodidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, AUM, ANSP, ROM
- Recorded in
- Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Pimelodidae
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- Cephalosilurus
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Species
- Distribution
- Description
- Ecology
- In the aquarium
- References
Cephalosilurus is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae. The genus was first described in 1911.
In 2021, it was considered a junior synonym of Lophiosilurus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cephalosilurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.