Exallodontus aguanai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: |
Exallodontus Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991 |
Species: | E. aguanai
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Binomial name | |
Exallodontus aguanai |
Exallodontus aguanai is a catfish species ( order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Exallodontus of the family Pimelodidae. [1] This genus and species was described in 1991. [2] This species reaches 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins of Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. [3] Exallodontus is classified under the " Calophysus- Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus. [4]