Parastegophilus

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]

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. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Parastegophilus maculatus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Parastegophilus paulensis" in FishBase. July 2007 version.