Brachyrhamdia
| Brachyrhamdia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Heptapteridae |
| Genus: | Brachyrhamdia G. S. Myers, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
| |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
Brachyrhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
- Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
- Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
- Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (H. R. Axelrod & W. E. Burgess, 1987)
- Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachyrhamdia". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b Slobodian, V. & Bockmann, F.A. (2013): A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 1–22.
 | This catfish-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |