Pterobunocephalus

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: Pterobunocephalus
Species: P. depressus – P. dolichurus

Name

Pterobunocephalus Fowler, 1943: 1

Type species: Bunocephalus albifasciatus ♂ Fowler, 1943. Type by original designation.

Synonyms

• Petacara Böhlke, 1959: 2

References

• Fowler, H. W. 1943: Zoological results of the second Bolivian expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936-1937. Part II.--Additional new fishes. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia). 120: 1–7.
• Mees, G.F. 1988: The genera of the subfamily Bunocephalinae (Pisces, Nematognathi, Aspredinidae). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences). 91 (1): 85–102.

Vernacular names

English: Catfish