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Hypophthalmus
Sign in to saveHypophthalmus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to freshwater in tropical and subtropical South America.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Collections
- ANSP, MCZ, AUM, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Maynas, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
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- Parent taxon
- Pimelodidae
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- taxon name
- Hypophthalmus
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- Category:Hypophthalmus
- Commons category
- Hypophthalmus
- temporal range start
- Oligocene
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- Ecology
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Hypophthalmus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to freshwater in tropical and subtropical South America.
==Species== There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: Hypophthalmus celiae Littman, Lundberg & Rocha, 2021 Hypophthalmus donascimientoi Littman, Lundberg & Rocha, 2021 Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (Highwaterman catfish) Hypophthalmus fimbriatus Kner, 1857 Hypophthalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1840 Hypophthalmus oremaculatus Nani & Fuster, 1947
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