Biology:Cambeva
Cambeva is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae.[1][2]
Etymology
The generic name Cambeva is the local term for these fishes in the Tupi language, a’kãg and pewa meaning "flat head", alluding to their dorsally flattened heads.[3] The Tupi phrase is also an alternate name for the local Omagua tribe of indigenous people, who traditionally practiced cranial deformation. The scientific name has also been used as a suffix to several proposed taxa that are now synonyms of Trichomycterus or Microcambeva; Cryptocambeva, Megacambeva, Paracambeva, Psammocambeva, Pterocambeva and Trichocambeva, all erected as subgenera by Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa in 2021. Microcambeva is now allocated to a different subfamily, Microcambevinae.
Species
There are currently 65 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Cambeva alphabelardense Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2022
- Cambeva atrobrunnea Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva babilonica Costa, Azevedo-Santos & Katz, 2025
- Cambeva balios (Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013)[5]
- Cambeva barbosae Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva betabelardense Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2022
- Cambeva biseriata Costa, Feltrin, Mattos, Dalcin, Abilhoa & Katz, 2023

- Cambeva botuvera Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva brachykechenos (Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013)[5]
- Cambeva capetinga Costa, Azevedo-Santos, Uzeda & Katz, 2025
- Cambeva capitoliensis Costa, Azevedo-Santos, Uzeda, Vilardo & Katz, 2025
- Cambeva castroi (de Pinna, 1992)
- Cambeva cauim dos Reis, Ferrer & da Graça, 2021
- Cambeva chrysornata Costa, Feltrin, Mattos, Dalcin, Abilhoa & Katz, 2023
- Cambeva concolor (Costa, 1992)
- Cambeva crassicaudata (Wosiacki & de Pinna, 2008)
- Cambeva cubataonis (Bizerril, 1994)[6]
- Cambeva damnata Costa, Azevedo-Santos, Ottoni, Vilardo & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva davisi (Haseman, 1911)
- Cambeva diabola (Bockmann, Casatti & de Pinna, 2004)
- Cambeva diatropoporos (Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013)[5]

- Cambeva difficilis Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva diffusa Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva duplimaculata Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva flavopicta Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2020
- Cambeva galactica Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva gamabelardense Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2022
- Cambeva grisea Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva guaraquessaba (Wosiacki, 2005)
- Cambeva guaratuba Costa, Feltrin, Mattos, Dalcin, Abilhoa & Katz, 2023
- Cambeva guareiensis Katz & Costa, 2020
- Cambeva horacioi dos Reis, Frota, Fabrin & da Graça, 2019
- Cambeva igobi (Wosiacki & de Pinna, 2008)
- Cambeva iheringi (Eigenmann, 1917)
- Cambeva imaruhy Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva longipalata Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva luteoreticulata Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva mboycy (Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004)
- Cambeva melanoptera Costa, Abilhoa, Dalcin & Katz, 2022
- Cambeva naipi (Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004)
- Cambeva notabilis Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva occidentalis Costa, Azevedo-Santos & Katz, 2025
- Cambeva orbitofrontalis Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva panthera Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva paolence (Eigenmann, 1917)
- Cambeva papillifera (Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004)
- Cambeva pascuali (Ochoa, Silva, Costa e Silva, Oliveira & Datovo, 2017)[7]
- Cambeva pericoh Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva perkos (Datovo, M. de Carvalho & Ferrer, 2012)[8]
- Cambeva perobana Martins, dos Reis, Stabile & da Graça, 2024
- Cambeva piraquara dos Reis, Wosiacki, Ferrer, Donin & da Graça, 2023
- Cambeva plumbea (Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004)
- Cambeva podostemophila Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2023
- Cambeva poikilos (Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013)[5]
- Cambeva rotundipinna Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2024
- Cambeva stawiarski (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1968)
- Cambeva taroba (Wosiacki & Garavello, 2004)
- Cambeva tourensis Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2023
- Cambeva tropeiro (Ferrer & Malabarba, 2011)[9]
- Cambeva tupinamba (Wosiacki & Oyakawa, 2005)

- Cambeva urubici Costa, Feltrin & Katz, 2021
- Cambeva variegata (Costa, 1992)
- Cambeva ventropapillata Costa, Feltrin, Mattos, Dalcin, Abilhoa & Katz, 2023
- Cambeva ytororo (Terán, Ferrer, Benítez, F. Alonso, G. Aguilera & Mirande, 2017)[10]
- Cambeva zonata (Eigenmann, 1918)
References
- ↑ Katz, A. M.; M. A. Barbosa; J. L. O. Mattos; W. J. E. M. Costa (22 November 2018). "Multigene analysis of the catfish genus Trichomycterus and description of a new South American trichomycterine genus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 94 (2): 557–566. doi:10.3897/zse.94.29872. https://zse.pensoft.net/article/29872/.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Trichomycterinae.
- ↑ "Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 25 September 2025. https://etyfish.org/trichomycteridae/.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Cambeva". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Cambeva.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ferrer, J.; Malabarba, L.R. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the laguna dos Patos system, Southern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 11 (2): 217–246. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252013000200001. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v11n2/1679-6225-ni-11-02-0217.pdf.
- ↑ Katz, A.M.; Barbosa, M.A. (2014). "Re-description of Trichomycterus cubataonis Bizerril, 1994 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Cubatão river basin, southern Brazil". Vertebrate Zoology 64 (1): 3–8. doi:10.3897/vz.64.e31457. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz64-1/01_vertebrate_zoology_64-1_barbosa_3-8.pdf.
- ↑ Ochoa, L.E.; Silva, G.S.C.; Silva, G.J.C.e.; Oliveira, C.; Datovo, A. (2017). "New species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) lacking pelvic fins from Paranapanema basin, southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa 4319 (3): 550–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.7. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4319.3.7.
- ↑ Datovo, A.; Carvalho, M.; Ferrer, J. (2012). "A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from the La Plata River basin, southern Brazil, with comments on its putative phylogenetic position (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)". Zootaxa 3327: 33–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3327.1.3. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03327p044f.pdf.
- ↑ Ferrer, J.; Malabarba, L.R. (2011). "A new Trichomycterus lacking pelvic fins and pelvic girdle with a very restricted range in Southern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)". Zootaxa 2912: 59–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2912.1.5. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02912p067f.pdf.
- ↑ Terán, G.E.; Ferrer, J.; Benitez, M.; Alonso, F.; Aguilera, G.; Mirande, J.M. (2017). "Living in the waterfalls: A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Tabay stream, Misiones, Argentina". PLOS ONE 12 (6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179594. PMID 28640842. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1279594T.
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