Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
哥伦比亚毛鼻鲶, 哥倫比亞毛鼻鯰
Common Names in Spanish:
Bagrecito
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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)
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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)
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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- Order:
Siluriformes
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)
- Family:
Trichomycteridae
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- Genus:
Pygidium
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- Specific name:
caliense
- Scientific name: - Pygidium caliense
- Specific name:
caliense
- Genus:
Pygidium
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- Family:
Trichomycteridae
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Trichomycterus caliense • Trichomycterus caliense (Eigenmann, 1912)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Pygidium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. guianensis (Candiru) · P. striatum (Pencil Catfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History / Myriam Ibarra and Donald J. Stewart. 35 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url p. 103, p. 72.
- The Pygidiidae: a family of South American catfishes / by Carl H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of trustees of the Carnegie institute, [1918] url p. 311.
- The Pygidiidæ, a family of South American catfishes, by Carl H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh, Pub. by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1918. url p. 311.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 21, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 168458
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4006508
