Glanidium

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: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Glanidium
Species: G. albescens – G. botocudo – G. catherinensis – G. cesarpintoi – G. leopardum – G. melanopterum – G. neivai – G. piresi – G. ribeiroi
Name

Glanidium Lütken, 1874

Type species: Glanidium albescens Lütken, 1874

Synonyms

Gephyromochlus Hoedeman, 1961

References

Lütken, C. 1874. Siluridae novae Brasiliae centralis a clarissimo J. Reinhardt in provincia Minas-geraës circa oppidulum Lagoa Santa, praecipue in flumine Rio das Velhas et affluentibus collectae, secundum characteres essentiales breviter descriptae. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger 1874: 29–36. BHL Reference page.

Links

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Glanidium is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in South America.
Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

Glanidium albescens Lütken, 1874
Glanidium botocudo Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2013 [1]
Glanidium catharinensis P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1962
Glanidium cesarpintoi R. Ihering (pt), 1928
Glanidium leopardum (Hoedeman, 1961)
Glanidium melanopterum A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Glanidium ribeiroi Haseman, 1911

References

Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2013): Glanidium botocudo, a new species from the rio Doce and rio Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with comments on taxonomic position of Glanidium bockmanni Sarmento-Soares & Buckup. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 265-274.