Amaralia hypsiura
| Amaralia hypsiura | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Aspredinidae |
| Subfamily: | Bunocephalinae |
| Genus: | Amaralia |
| Species: | A. hypsiura |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855) | |
Amaralia hypsiura, is a species of catfish of the family Aspredinidae.[1][2] A. hypsiura are found throughout the Amazon River basin. They are medium-sized aspredinids (not exceeding 133 millimetres or 5.2 in SL). These fish have a deep, laterally compressed caudal peduncle, a reduced dorsal fin with only 2–3 rays, and well-developed head ornamentation.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Amaralia hypsiura" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ↑ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa,. 1418: 1–628.
- ↑ Friel, J.P. (1994). "A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (PDF). Duke University, Durham, NC.
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