Cetopsidium roae

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Cetopsidium roae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Cetopsidae
Genus: Cetopsidium
Species:
C. roae
Binomial name
Cetopsidium roae

Cetopsidium roae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. [2] This fish is found in the upper stream of the Essequibo region in south-western Guyana, in the Rupununi basin, and upper Takutu River on the frontier of Guyana and Brazil. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Calegari, B.B. (2022). "Cetopsidium roae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T176154595A176154599. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176154595A176154599.en . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cetopsidium". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 November 2025.


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