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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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Epapterus
Species: E. blohmi – E. chaquensis – E. dispilurus
Name

Epapterus Cope, 1878
References

FishBase
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Epapterus is a genus of driftwood catfishes that occur in South America. There are currently two described species in this genus.[1]
Species

Epapterus blohmi Vari, S. L. Jewett, Taphorn & C. R. Gilbert, 1984
Epapterus dispilurus Cope, 1878

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Epapterus". FishBase. December 2011 version.

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