Rhamdia
| Rhamdia | |
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| Rhamdia quelen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Heptapteridae |
| Genus: | Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus sebae G. Cuvier, 1829 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pteronotus Swainson, 1839 | |
Rhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes found in Mexico, and Central and South America.
Rhamdia catfishes are nocturnal, opportunistic carnivores.[1] This genus includes a number of troglobitic members, encompassing a number of taxa, including R. quelen, R. laticauda, R. reddelli, R. macuspanensis, R. laluchensis, and R. enfurnada.[1]
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:
- Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821)
- Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860) [2]
- Rhamdia enfurnada Bichuette & Trajano, 2005
- Rhamdia foina (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)
- Rhamdia guasarensis DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
- Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) [2]
- Rhamdia humilis (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia itacaiunas Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia jequitinhonha Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia laluchensis A. Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003 (La Lucha blind catfish)
- Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1857) (Filespine chulín, Botasi)
- Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858
- Rhamdia macuspanensis A. Weber & Wilkens, 1998 (Olmec blind catfish)
- Rhamdia muelleri (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia parryi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 (Tonala catfish)
- Rhamdia poeyi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
- Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Silver catfish)
- Rhamdia reddelli R. R. Miller, 1984 (Blindwhiskered catfish)
- Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl (de), 1941 [2]
- Rhamdia schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858
- Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821)
- Rhamdia xetequepeque Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993 (Zongolica catfish)
References
- 1 2 Bichuette, M.E. & Trajano, E. (2005). "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior". Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (4): 587–595. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252005000400016.
- 1 2 3 Hernández C.L., Ortega-Lara A., Sánchez-Garcés G.C., Alford M.H. (2015). "Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia 103 (3): 563–579. doi:10.1643/ci-14-145.
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