Zungaro

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Zungaro
Zungaro zungaro.jpg
Zungaro zungaro
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Zungaro
Bleeker, 1858[1][2][3]
Type species
Zungaro humboldtii[3]
Bleeker, 1858
Synonyms[3]
  • Paulicea Ihering, 1898

Zungaro is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America, with two recognized species (As of 2018):[3][4]

  • Zungaro jahu (es) (H. von Ihering, 1898)
  • Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821) (gilded catfish)

References

  1. Bleeker, P. (1858). Siluri. Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus. Batavia: Lange. p. 196. https://books.google.com/books?id=251cY06RMokC&pg=PA196. 
  2. Bleeker, P. (2009). "A precursor of the fishes of the Indian Archipelago. Part 1: Siluri". Zoologische Mededelingen 83: 173. ISSN 0024-0672. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/314190. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa. 1418. Auckland: Magnolia Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-86977-058-7. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Zungaro in FishBase. April 2018 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q8075285 entry





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