Zungaropsis

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Zungaropsis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Zungaropsis
Steindachner, 1908
Species:
Z. multimaculatus
Binomial name
Zungaropsis multimaculatus

Zungaropsis is a genus of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is a monotypic genus, containing only the single species Zungaropsis multimaculatus, and is considered closely related to Zungaro . [1] In 2003, Zungaropsis was considered as a genus inquirendum of the Pimelodidae. [2]

This species is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Xingu River. [3]

References

  1. ↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  2. ↑ Ortega-Lara, Armando; Lehmann A., Pablo (2006). "Cruciglanis, a new genus of Pseudopimelodid catfish (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) with description of a new species from the Colombian Pacific coast" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 4 (2): 147–156. doi: 10.1590/s1679-62252006000200002 .
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Zungaropsis multimaculatus". FishBase . February 2012 version.
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