Biology:Exallodontus aguanai
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Short description: Species of fish
| Exallodontus aguanai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Exallodontus Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991 |
| Species: | E. aguanai
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| Binomial name | |
| Exallodontus aguanai Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991
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Exallodontus aguanai is a catfish species (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Exallodontus of the family Pimelodidae.[1] This genus and species was described in 1991.[2] This species reaches 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins of Brazil , Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.[3] Exallodontus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.[4]
References
- ↑ "Exallodontus aguanai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681747. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ↑ Lundberg, J. G.; Mago-Leccia, F.; Nass, P. (1991). "Exallodontus aguanai, a new genus and species of pimelodidae (Pisces : siluriformes) from deep river channels of South America, and delimitation of the subfamily pimelodinae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104 (4): 840–869.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Exallodontus aguanai" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO2.0.CO;2]. http://www.bioone.org/archive/0097-3157/152/1/pdf/i0097-3157-152-1-75.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3753230 entry
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