Bergiaria

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Bergiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Bergiaria
Eigenmann & Norris, 1901
Binomial name
Bergiaria platana
(Steindachner, 1908)
Bergiaria westermanni
(Lütken, 1874)
Synonyms

Bergiella
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900

Bergiaria is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It contains two species, B. platana and B. westermanni.[1]

Bergiaria species originate from South America. B. platana inhabits the Paraná River.[2] B. westermanni is distributed in the Das Velhas River basin in the São Francisco River drainage.[3]

B. platana reaches a length of about 9.1 centimetres (3.6 in) SL.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ a b "Bergiaria platana". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ "Bergiaria westermanni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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