Zungaro
| Zungaro | |
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| Zungaro zungaro | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Zungaro Bleeker, 1858[1][2][3] |
| Type species | |
| Zungaro humboldtii[3] Bleeker, 1858
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Zungaro is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America, with two recognized species as of 2018:[3][4]
- (H. von Ihering, 1898)
- Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821) (gilded catfish)
References[]
- ^ Bleeker, P. (1858). Siluri. Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus. Batavia: Lange. p. 196. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034372956.
- ^ Bleeker, P. (2009). Translated by Oijen, M.J.P. van; Loots, G.M.P.; Limburg, F.J.G. "A precursor of the fishes of the Indian Archipelago. Part 1: Siluri". Zoologische Mededelingen. 83: 173. ISSN 0024-0672.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418. Auckland: Magnolia Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-86977-058-7.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Zungaro in FishBase. April 2018 version.
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Categories:
- Pimelodidae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Catfish genera
- Catfish of South America
- Freshwater fish of South America
- Fish described in 1858
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Siluriformes stubs