Exallodontus aguanai
| Exallodontus aguanai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991
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Exallodontus aguanai is a catfish species (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Exallodontus of the family Pimelodidae.[2] This genus and species was described in 1991.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Exallodontus aguanai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830453A193049788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830453A193049788.en. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "Exallodontus aguanai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ^ Lundberg, J. G.; Mago-Leccia, F.; Nass, P. (1991). "Exallodontus aguanai, a new genus and species of pimelodidae (Pisces : siluriformes) from deep river channels of South America, and delimitation of the subfamily pimelodinae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 104 (4): 840–869.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Exallodontus aguanai". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86213152.