Megalonema
| Megalonema | |
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| Megalonema platycephalum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Megalonema Eigenmann,1912 |
| Type species | |
| Megalonema platycephalum Eigenmann 1912
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Megalonemais a genus oflong-whiskered catfishesnative toSouth America.
Species
[edit]There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Megalonema amaxanthumLundberg&Dahdul,2008
- Megalonema argentinum(MacDonagh,1938)
- Megalonema orixanthumLundberg&Dahdul,2008
- Megalonema pauciradiatumEigenmann,1919
- Megalonema platanum(Günther,1880)
- Megalonema platycephalumEigenmann,1912
- Megalonema psammiumSchultz,1944
- Megalonema xanthumEigenmann,1912
References
[edit]- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusMegalonema".FishBase.February 2012 version.
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