Dupouyichthys

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Dupouyichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
Genus: Dupouyichthys
L. P. Schultz, 1944
Species:
D. sapito
Binomial name
Dupouyichthys sapito

Dupouyichthys is genus of banjo catfishes in the family Aspredinidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Dupouyichthys sapito. [2] This species appears to be restricted to the Magdalena and Maracaibo basins. [3] D. sapito is a small, armored aspredinid, growing up to 27 millimetres (1.1 in) standard length (SL), distinguished from all other aspredinids by having only one set of paired pre-anal-fin plates. Also, the bony ornamentation of its skull is better developed than its close relatives. [3] It is found in river banks with vegetation. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Perez, A. (2023). "Dupouyichthys sapito". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T49830310A178527003. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830310A178527003.en . Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  3. 1 2 Friel, John Patrick (1994-12-13). A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) (PDF) (PhD thesis). Duke University, Durham, NC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dupouyichthys sapito". FishBase . December 2011 version.
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