Biology:Dupouyichthys

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Dupouyichthys is genus of banjo catfishes in the family Aspredinidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Dupouyichthys sapito.[1] This species appears to be restricted to the Magdalena and Maracaibo basins.[2] 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.[2] It is found in river banks with vegetation.[3]

References

  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Dupouyichthys sapito " in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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