Cambeva

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Cambeva
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1911 illustration of C. davisi, type species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Cambeva
Katz, M. A. Barbosa, Mattos & W. Costa, 2018 [1]
Type species
Pygidium davisi
Haseman, 1911 [1]
Species

65, see text.

Cambeva is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. [2] [3] These fishes are found in South America.

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Taxonomy

Cambeva was first proposed as a genus in 2018 by the Brazilian ichthyologists Axel Makay Katz, Maria Anaïs Barbosa, José Leonardo de Oliveira Mattos and Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa with Pygidium davisi named as its type species. This genus is classified in the subfamily Trichomycterinae, the pencil catfishes, of the family Trichomycteridae, which contains teh pencil and parasitic catfishes. [1] This family is included in the suborder Loricaroidei in the catfish order Siluriformes. [4]

Etymology

Cambevais the common name for these catfishes in southeastern Brazil. It is derived from Tupi, a’kãg, meaning "head", combined with pwea, which means "flat", an allsuion to the dorsally flattened heads of these fishes. [5]

Species

Cambeva contains the following valid species: [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Katz, A. M.; M. A. Barbosa; J. L. O. Mattos; W. J. E. M. Costa (22 November 2018). "Multigene analysis of the catfish genus Trichomycterus and description of a new South American trichomycterine genus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94 (2): 557–566. doi: 10.3897/zse.94.29872 .
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". Catalog of Fishes (genus). California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Richard van der Laan; Ronald Fricke (eds.). "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (25 September 2025). "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cambeva". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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