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Pygidium caliense

(Bagrecito)

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 () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Order: Siluriformes ()
        Family: Trichomycteridae ()
        Genus: Pygidium ()
        Specific name: caliense
        Scientific name: - Pygidium caliense

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)

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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

Last Revised: 2012-07-28