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: Heptapteridae
Genus: Heptapterus
Species: H. bleekeri – H. carmelitanorum – H. fissipinnis – H. mandimbusu – H. multiradiatus – H. mustelinus – H. ornaticeps – H. qenqo – H. stewarti – H. sympterygium – H. tapanahoniensis – H. tenuis
Name
Heptapterus Bleeker, 1858: 197, 204, 208
Type species: Pimelodus mustelinus ♂ Valenciennes, 1836. Type by monotypy.
References
Primary 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.
Additional references
Bockmann, F.A. & R.M.C. Castro 2010: The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8(4): 673–706.
Aguilera, G., Benitez, M., Terán, G.E., Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.C. 2017. A new species of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Uruguay River Basin in Misiones, Northeastern Argentina. Zootaxa 4299(4): 572–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.7 Reference page.
Deprá, G.deC., Aguilera, G., Faustino-Fuster, D.R., Katz, A.M., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. 2022. Redefinition of Heptapterus (Heptapteridae) and description of Heptapterus carmelitanorum, a new species from the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 98(2): 327–343. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.89413 Open access Reference page.
Heptapterus mustelinus
Heptapterus stewarti
Heptapterus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Heptapterus bleekeri Boeseman, 1953
Heptapterus carmelitanorum Azevedo-Santos, Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster & Katz, 2022
Heptapterus fissipinnis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911
Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011
Heptapterus multiradiatus R. Ihering (pt), 1907
Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Heptapterus ornaticeps C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011
Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911
Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988
Heptapterus tapanahoniensis Mees, 1967
Heptapterus tenuis Mees, 1986
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heptapterus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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