Interesting Facts
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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:
maculatum
- Scientific name: - Pygidium maculatum
- Specific name:
maculatum
- Genus:
Pygidium
(
- 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
(
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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- A revision of the South American Nematognathi or cat-fishes / by Carl H. Eigenmann and Rosa Smith Eigenmann. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1890. url p. 329.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 284.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 329.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, The Academy. url p. 51.
- Proceedings of the eighth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association: held at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 16th to 28th November 1953 / under the auspices of the National Research Council of the Philippines and the Republic of the Philippines. Quezon City: National Research Council of the Philippines, University of the Philippines, 1955. url p. 269.
- 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. 284.
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
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 692504
