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Dupouyichthys Schultz 1944

Dupouyichthys sapito Schultz 1944

John P. Friel
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Containing group: Aspredinidae

Introduction

This genus appears to be restricted to the Magdalena and Maracaibo basins.

Characteristics

Diagnosis

A genus of small, armored banjo catfishes (up to 27 mm SL) distinguished from all other aspredinids by the following character: only one set of paired pre-anal-fin plates. Other characters not unique to this taxon but useful for identification include; bony ornamentation of skull better developed than in any other members of the Hoplomyzontini.

References

Friel, J. 1994. A phylogenetic study of the Neotropical banjo catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) Ph.D. thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC, 256 pp.

Schultz, L. P. 1944. The catfishes of Venezuela, with descriptions of 38 new forms. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 94(3172): 173-338.

Stewart, D. J. 1985. A review of the South American catfish tribe Hoplomyzontini (Pisces, Aspredinidae), with descriptions of new species from Ecuador. Fieldiana, New Series, No. 25(1360):1-19.

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Scientific Name Dupouyichthys sapito
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Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, USA

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