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:
marmoratum
- Scientific name: - Pygidium marmoratum
- Specific name:
marmoratum
- 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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- Catalogue and bibliography of the fresh water fishes of the Americas south of the Tropic of Cancer / by Carl H. Eigenmann. Lancaster, Pa.: Press of the New Era Printing Co., 1910. url p. 399.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 290.
- Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. J. B. Hatcher in charge. Edited by William B. Scott. Princeton, The University, 1901-32 [v. 1, 1903] url p. 399, p. 399, p. 399.
- 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. 290, p. 291, p. 395.
- 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. 290, p. 291, p. 395.
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: 3325347
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4111445
