Heptapterus

Heptapterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Heptapteridae
Genus: Heptapterus
Species: H. bleekeri – H. carmelitanorum – H. fissipinnis – H. mandimbusu – H. multiradiatus – H. mustelinus – H. ornaticeps – H. qenqo – H. stewarti – H. sympterygium – H. tapanahoniensis – H. tenuis

Name

Heptapterus Bleeker, 1858: 197, 204, 208

Type species: Pimelodus mustelinus ♂ Valenciennes, 1836. Type by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bleeker, P. 1858: De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. Beschreven en toegelicht. Siluri. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae, 4: i-xii + 1-370.

Additional references

• Bockmann, F.A. & R.M.C. Castro 2010: The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8(4): 673–706.
• Aguilera, G., Benitez, M., Terán, G.E., Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.C. 2017. A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River Basin in Misiones, Northeastern Argentina. Zootaxa 4299(4): 572–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.7 Reference page. 
• Deprá, G.deC., Aguilera, G., Faustino-Fuster, D.R., Katz, A.M., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. 2022. Redefinition of Heptapterus (Heptapteridae) and description of Heptapterus carmelitanorum, a new species from the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 98(2): 327–343. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.89413 Reference page.