Pterobunocephalus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAspredinidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Collections
- ANSP, CAS, AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INHS
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guyana, Brasil
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Pterobunocephalus is a genus of banjo catfishes found in tropical South America.
==Distribution== The genus is widespread in the Orinoco, Amazon and Paraguay-Paraná River systems and typically occur at depths greater than 5 metres.
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