''Phenacorhamdia'' is a genus of
three-barbeled catfish
The Heptapteridae, or three-barbeled catfishes, are a family of catfish that originate from the Americas. Most species are restricted to South America, but '' Imparfinis lineatus'', '' Nemuroglanis panamensis'' and '' Pimelodella chagresi'' are ...
es native to
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Phenacorhamdia anisura''
( Mees, 1987)
* ''
Phenacorhamdia boliviana''
( N. E. Pearson, 1924)
* ''
Phenacorhamdia hoehnei''
( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)
* ''
Phenacorhamdia macarenensis''
Dahl, 1961
* ''
Phenacorhamdia nigrolineata''
Zarske, 1998
* ''
Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi''
DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
*''
Phenacorhamdia roxoi'' Silva, 2020
* ''
Phenacorhamdia somnians''
( Mees, 1974)
* ''
Phenacorhamdia taphorni
''Phenacorhamdia'' is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to tropical South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the No ...
''
DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
* ''
Phenacorhamdia tenebrosa''
( Schubart, 1964)
* ''
Phenacorhamdia unifasciata''
Britski, 1993
References
Heptapteridae
Taxa named by Georg Dahl
Fish of South America
Catfish genera
Freshwater fish genera
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