Parastegophilus

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Parastegophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Parastegophilus
Miranda Ribeiro, 1946
Type species
Stegophilus maculatus
Steindachner, 1879
Binomial name

Parastegophilus maculatus
(Steindachner, 1879)
Parastegophilus paulensis
(Miranda Ribeiro, 1918)

Parastegophilus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes two species, P. maculatus and P. paulensis.[1] P. maculatus origiantes from the lower Paraná and Uruguay River basins in Argentina while P. paulensis is from the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil.[1] Parastegophilus species grow to about 5.4–6.0 centimetres (2.1–2.4 in) in length.[2][3] P. maculatus enters the gill chamber of Luciopimelodus pati and feeds on the gills.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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 "Parastegophilus maculatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ "Parastegophilus paulensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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