''Trachelyopterus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
driftwood catfish
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae. The two genera of the former family Ageneiosidae have been placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 125 species in about 22 genera.
These fish are found in rivers from Pan ...
es
Species
This genus currently contains 16 described species:
* ''
Trachelyopterus albicrux''
( C. Berg ( es), 1901)
* ''
Trachelyopterus amblops''
(Meek
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Meekness has been contrasted with humility alone insomuch as humility simply refers to an attitude towards o ...
& Hildebrand
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, 1913)
* ''
Trachelyopterus analis''
( C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
* ''
Trachelyopterus brevibarbis''
(Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colours, litu ...
, 1878)
* ''
Trachelyopterus ceratophysus''
( Kner, 1858)
* ''
Trachelyopterus coriaceus''
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1840
* ''
Trachelyopterus fisheri''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1916) (Driftwood catfish)
* ''
Trachelyopterus galeatus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1766)
* ''
Trachelyopterus insignis''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1878)
* ''
Trachelyopterus isacanthus''
(Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colours, litu ...
, 1878)
* ''
Trachelyopterus lacustris''
( Lütken, 1874)
* ''
Trachelyopterus leopardinus''
(Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...
, 1927)
* ''
Trachelyopterus lucenai''
Bertoletti ( pt), J. F. P. da Silva & E. H. L. Pereira, 1995
* ''
Trachelyopterus peloichthys''
( L. P. Schultz, 1944)
* ''
Trachelyopterus striatulus''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1877) (Singing catfish)
* ''
Trachelyopterus teaguei''
( Devincenzi, 1942)
References
Auchenipteridae
Fish of South America
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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