Diplomystes

Life-forms

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: Diplomystidae
Genus: Diplomystes
Species: D. camposensis – D. chilensis – D. cuyanus – D. incognitus – D. mesembrinus – D. nahuelbutaensis
Name

Diplomystes Bleeker, 1858

Type species: Arius papillosus ♂, Valenciennes, 1840. Type by monotypy.
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. Reference page.
Ferraris, C.J., jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page.
Arratia, G. & Quezada-Romegiallim, C. 2017. Understanding morphological variability in a taxonomic context in Chilean diplomystids (Teleostei: Siluriformes), including the description of a new species. PeerJ 5:e2991: 1–40. Reference page.

Diplomystes is a genus of velvet catfishes, a primitive family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) endemic to Chile.
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Diplomystes camposensis Arratia, 1987
Diplomystes chilensis (Molina, 1782) (Tollo)
Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis Arratia, 1987