Platystacus

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: Aspredinidae
Genus: Platystacus
Species: P. cotylephorus

Name

Platystacus Bloch, 1794: 52

Type species: Platystacus cotylephorus ♂ Bloch, 1794. Type by subsequent designation.

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1794: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. 8 : i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396.
• Mees, G.F. 1987: The members of the subfamily Aspredininae, family Aspredinidae in Suriname (Pisces, Nematognathi). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences). 90 (2): 173–192.

Vernacular names

English: Banded Banjo