Brachyrhamdia
Appearance
Brachyrhamdia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Heptapteridae |
Genus: | Brachyrhamdia G. S. Myers, 1927 |
Type species | |
Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
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Species | |
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Brachyrhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
- Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
- Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
- Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (H. R. Axelrod & W. E. Burgess, 1987)
- Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachyrhamdia". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b Slobodian, V. & Bockmann, F.A. (2013): A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 1–22.