Pseudohemiodon
| Pseudohemiodon | |
|---|---|
| Pseudohemiodon laticeps | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Pseudohemiodon Bleeker, 1862[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hemiodon platycephalus | |
Pseudohemiodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Loricariidae, the mailed catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the armored suckermouth catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
Pseudohemiodon contains the following recognised species:[2]
- Pseudohemiodon almendarizi Provenzano, Argüello & Barriga-Salazar, 2022
- Pseudohemiodon amazonum (Delsman, 1941)
- Pseudohemiodon apithanos Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978
- Pseudohemiodon devincenzii (Señorans, 1950)
- Pseudohemiodon lamina (Günther, 1868)
- Pseudohemiodon laticeps (Regan, 1904)
- Pseudohemiodon platycephalus (Kner, 1853)
- Pseudohemiodon thorectes Isbrücker, 1975
- Pseudohemiodon unillano Rojas-Molina, Provenzano & Ramírez-Gil, 2019
Distribution
Pseudohemiodon is distributed in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Paraná River basins.[3]
Description
The body of Pseudohemiodon species is very flat and the pelvic fins are used mainly for locomotion on sand. Sexual dimorphism is unknown.[3]
Ecology
Like other members of the Pseudohemiodon group, Pseudohemiodon occurs primarily over sandy substrates.[3] Also like the other genera in the Pseudohemiodon group, species of this genus are abdomino-lip brooders. The very large eggs are incubated by the male.[3]
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Loricariinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudohemiodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d Covain, Raphael; Fisch-Muller, Sonia (2007). "The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1462: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1462.1.1.