Zungaro

Short description: Genus of fishes

Zungaro

Zungaro zungaro
Scientific classification
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[update]:[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.

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