Helogenes
Sign in to saveHelogenes, the driftwood marbled catfishes, is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCetopsidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Helogenes, the driftwood marbled catfishes, is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.
Helogeneinae is the sister taxon of Cetopsinae, the other subfamily in the family Cetopsidae.
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