Amaralia hypsiura
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855)
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Amaralia hypsiura (Carachita) , is a species of catfish of the family Aspredinidae.[1][2] A. hypsiura are found throughout the Amazon River basin. They are medium-sized aspredinids (not exceeding 133 millimetres or 5.2 in SL). These fish have a deep, laterally compressed caudal peduncle, a reduced dorsal fin with only 2–3 rays, and well-developed head ornamentation.[3]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Amaralia hypsiura" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Friel, J.P. (1994). "A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (PDF). Duke University, Durham, NC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Cite journal requires
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- Aspredinidae
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Taxa named by Rudolf Kner
- Fish described in 1855
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