Phenacorhamdia

Phenacorhamdia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Phenacorhamdia ; Dahl, 1961
Type species
	Phenacorhamdia macarenensis; Dahl, 1961

Last updated November 04, 2025

Phenacorhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to tropical South America.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Phenacorhamdia anisura (Mees, 1987)
Phenacorhamdia boliviana (N. E. Pearson, 1924)
Phenacorhamdia cabocla Rocha, Ramos & Ramos, 2018
Phenacorhamdia cuspidata Silva, Castro, Ohara & Oliveira, 2024
Phenacorhamdia hoehnei (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)
Phenacorhamdia macarenensis Dahl, 1961
Phenacorhamdia nigrolineata Zarske, 1998
Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
Phenacorhamdia roxoi Silva, 2020^[2]
Phenacorhamdia somnians (Mees, 1974)
Phenacorhamdia suia Silva, Ochoa & Castro, 2022
Phenacorhamdia taphorni DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
Phenacorhamdia tenebrosa (Schubart, 1964)
Phenacorhamdia tenuis Mees, 1986
Phenacorhamdia unifasciata Britski, 1993

References

↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Phenacorhamdia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
↑ Silva, Gabriel S. C. (2020-12-02). "A new species of Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Paranapanema River basin, southeastern Brazil" . Zootaxa. 4890 (2): 275–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.8. hdl: 11449/206926 . ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311238. S2CID 229173313.

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[1] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Phenacorhamdia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 November 2025.

[2] Silva, Gabriel S. C. (2020-12-02). "A new species of Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Paranapanema River basin, southeastern Brazil" . Zootaxa. 4890 (2): 275–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.8. hdl: 11449/206926 . ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311238. S2CID 229173313.

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