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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyCetopsidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Cetopsidae
- Collections
- FMNH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), ANSP, MPEG, USNM
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Colombia, Brasil, Peru, Brazil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cetopsidae
- Image
- Helogenes marmoratus Armbruster.jpg
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- taxon name
- Helogenes
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- Category:Helogenes
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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