Bagropsis reinhardti

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Bagropsis reinhardti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Bagropsis
Lütken, 1874
Species: B. reinhardti
Binomial name
Bagropsis reinhardti
Lütken, 1874

Bagropsis reinhardti is a catfish species (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Bagropsis of the family Pimelodidae.[1] This species reaches about 23 centimetres (9 in) SL and originates from the Das Velhas River basin in São Francisco River drainage.[2] Bagropsis 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, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bagropsis reinhardti (TSN 681727). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on May 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Bagropsis reinhardti". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ 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)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152: 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2.