Aspredo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Aspredinidae
Genus: Aspredo
Species: A. aspredo

Name

Aspredo Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777: 453

• Type species: Silurus aspredo ♂ Linnaeus, 1758.
  • Type by subsequent designation of Fowler, 1954

Synonyms

• Cotylephorus Swainson, 1838: 354
• Platystacus Klein, 1779: 52

References

• Scopoli, J.A. 1777: Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. i-x + 1-506.
• Ng, H.H. 2010: The monophyly and composition of the Asian hillstream catfish family Sisoridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes): evidence from morphology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21(3): 247–278.

Vernacular names

English: Banjo Fish