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Phreatobius

Index Phreatobius

Phreatobius is a genus of very small catfishes (order Siluriformes) from tropical South America. [1]

28 relations: Airbreathing catfish, Amazon basin, Émil Goeldi, Branco River, Catfish, Cavefish, Cetopsidae, Eeltail catfish, Family (biology), Fish anatomy, FishBase, Genus, Guinness World Records, Heptapteridae, Nomen nudum, Order (biology), PDF, Phreatobius cisternarum, Phreatobius dracunculus, Phreatobius sanguijuela, Phylogenetics, Pimelodidae, Plant litter, Rio Negro (Amazon), Species, Trichomycteridae, Undescribed taxon, Zootaxa.

Airbreathing catfish

Airbreathing catfishes are fishes comprising the family Clariidae of order Siluriformes.

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Amazon basin

The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

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Émil Goeldi

Émil August Goeldi (var. Göldi, var. Emílio Augusto Goeldi) (August 28, 1859 – July 5, 1917 in Bern), was a Swiss-Brazilian naturalist and zoologist.

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Branco River

The Branco River (Rio Branco; Engl: White River) is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Cavefish

Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats.

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Cetopsidae

The Cetopsidae are a small family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), commonly called the whale catfishes.

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Eeltail catfish

The eeltail catfish are a family (Plotosidae) of catfish whose tails are elongated in an eel-like fashion.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish anatomy

Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fishes.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Heptapteridae

The Heptapteridae, or three-barbeled catfishes, are a family of catfish that originate from the Americas.

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Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum (plural nomina nuda) is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy (especially in zoological and botanical nomenclature).

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Phreatobius cisternarum

Phreatobius cisternarum is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.

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Phreatobius dracunculus

Phreatobius dracunculus is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.

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Phreatobius sanguijuela

Phreatobius sanguijuela is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.

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Pimelodidae

The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes).

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Plant litter

Litterfall, plant litter, leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, or duff, is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground.

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Rio Negro (Amazon)

The Rio Negro (br; Río Negro "Black River") is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River, the largest blackwater river in the world (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Trichomycteridae

The Trichomycteridae are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) commonly known as the pencil or parasitic catfishes.

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Undescribed taxon

In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named.

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Zootaxa

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreatobius

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