Aspredinidae

Banjo catfishes
Platystacus cotylephorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
A. Adams, 1854
Subfamilies and genera[1]

Subfamily Aspredininae
  Amaralia
  Aspredinichthys
  Aspredo
  Bunocephalus
  Platystacus
  Pterobunocephalus
  Xyliphius
Subfamily Hoplomyzontinae
  Dupouyichthys
  Ernstichthys
  Hoplomyzon
  Micromyzon
Subfamily Pseudobunocephalinae
  Acanthobunocephalus
  Pseudobunocephalus

The Aspredinidae are a small South American family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) also known as the banjo catfishes,[2] with about 43 species.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2024). "Aspredinidae" in FishBase. January 2024 version.
  2. ^ Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.

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