Brachyrhamdia

Brachyrhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.

Brachyrhamdia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Brachyrhamdia
G. S. Myers, 1927
Type species
Brachyrhamdia imitator
G. S. Myers, 1927
Species

See text.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
  • Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
  • Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
  • Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
  • Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (H. R. Axelrod & W. E. Burgess, 1987)
  • Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Brachyrhamdia in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Slobodian, V. & Bockmann, F.A. (2013): A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 1–22.


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