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Heptapterus
Sign in to saveHeptapterus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyHeptapteridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 99
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Collections
- CUMV, TCWC, ANSP, USNM, FMNH, KU
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Maynas, Brazil, Ecuador, Suriname
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- Parent taxon
- Heptapteridae
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- Heptapterus sp.png
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Heptapterus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
==Species== There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: Heptapterus bleekeri Boeseman, 1953 Heptapterus carmelitanorum Azevedo-Santos, Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster & Katz, 2022 Heptapterus carnatus Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019 Heptapterus exilis Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019 Heptapterus fissipinnis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911 Heptapterus hollandi (Haseman, 1911) Heptapterus longicauda (Boulenger, 1887) Heptapterus mandimbusu Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017 Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011 Heptapterus multiradiatus R. Ihering (pt), 1907 Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835) Heptapterus ornaticeps C. G. E. Ahl, 1936 Heptapterus panamensis (Bussing, 1970) Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011 Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911 Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988 Heptapterus tapanahoniensis Mees, 1967
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