Pseudostegophilus

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Pseudostegophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Pseudostegophilus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Type species
Stegophilus nemurus
Günther, 1869
Binomial name

Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon
(Myers, 1942)
Pseudostegophilus nemurus
(Günther, 1869)

Pseudostegophilus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes two species, P. haemomyzon and P. nemurus.[1] P. haemomyzon originates from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela while P. nemurus is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru.[1] P. haemomyzon grows to about 5.7 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[2] P. nemurus grows to about 15.0 cm (5.9 in) TL.[3] P. nemurus is said to become attached to the gills, anal region, and fins of dead, dying, or disabled fishes.[3]

[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. ^ "Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Pseudostegophilus nemurus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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