Pseudauchenipterus

Genus of fishes

Pseudauchenipterus
Pseudauchenipterus nodosus above
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Subfamily: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Pseudauchenipterus
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Silurus nodosus
Bloch, 1794

Pseudauchenipterus is a genus of driftwood catfish that occur in tropical South America.

Species

There are currently four described species in this genus:

  • Pseudauchenipterus affinis (Steindachner, 1877)
  • Pseudauchenipterus flavescens (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
  • Pseudauchenipterus jequitinhonhae (Steindachner, 1877)
  • Pseudauchenipterus nodosus (Bloch, 1794) (Cocosoda catfish)

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudauchenipterus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudauchenipterus


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