Xyliphius
Sign in to saveXyliphius is a genus of banjo catfishes from South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAspredinidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Collections
- CUMV, INHS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Peru, Brasil, Guyana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aspredinidae
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- taxon name
- Xyliphius
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Xyliphius
- Commons category
- Xyliphius
- taxonomic type
- Xyliphius magdalenae
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Xyliphius is a genus of banjo catfishes from South America.
This genus appears to be widespread in the Magdalena, Orinoco, Amazon, and Paraguay-Paraná River systems where they are most common in deeper waters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xyliphius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.