Biology:Zungaropsis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Zungaropsis Steindachner, 1908 |
| Species: | Z. multimaculatus
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| Zungaropsis multimaculatus Steindachner, 1908
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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". Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (2): 147–156. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252006000200002. http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol4num2/vol4(2)p147.pdf.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Zungaropsis multimaculatus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q26959 entry
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