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: Rhamdia
Species: R. argentina – R. branneri – R. cinerascens – R. enfurnada – R. eurycephala – R. foina – R. gabrielae – R. guasarensis – R. guatemalensis – R. humilis – R. itacaiunas – R. jequitinhonha – R. laluchensis – R. laticauda – R. laukidi – R. macuspanensis – R. muelleri – R. nicaraguensis – R. parryi – R. poeyi – R. quelen – R. reddelli – R. saijaensis – R. schomburgkii – R. velifer – R. voulezi – R. xetequepeque – R. zongolicensis
Name
Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858
Type species: Pimelodus sebae Cuvier, 1829
Etymology: apparent misspelling or misprint of nhamdiâ (as reported by Marcgrave in 1648), an orthographic variant of jandiá, the Tupí-Guaraní name for Rhamdia quelen. (From The ETYFish project)
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.
Angrizani, R.C. & Malabarba, L.R. 2018. Morphology and molecular data reveal the presence of two new species under Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) species complex. Zootaxa 4388(1): 41–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.3 Reference page.
Angrizani, R.C. & Malabarba, L.R.. 2020. Genetic diversity and species delimitation in Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in South America, with a redescription of R. quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Zootaxa 4801(1): 85–104. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.3 Paywall Reference page.
Hernández, C.L., Ortega-Lara, A., Sánchez-Garcés, G.C. & Alford, M.H. 2015. Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3): 563–579. DOI: 10.1643/CI-14-145 Reference page.
Links
Rhamdia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Rhamdia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Rhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes found in Mexico, Central and South America. These catfishes are nocturnal, opportunistic carnivores, found in a wide range of freshwater habitats.[1] This genus includes a number of troglobitic members, encompassing a number of taxa, including R. enfurnada, R. guasarensis, R. laluchensis, R. laticauda, R. macuspanensis, R. quelen, R. reddelli and R. zongolicensis.[1][2] In a few of these only some of their populations are troglobitic.[1][2]
Species
There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:
Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821)
Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911[3]
Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860)[4]
Rhamdia enfurnada Bichuette & Trajano, 2005
Rhamdia foina (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)
Rhamdia guasarensis DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)[4]
Rhamdia humilis (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia itacaiunas Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia jequitinhonha Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia laluchensis A. Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003 (La Lucha blind catfish)
Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1858) (File-spine chulín)
Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858
Rhamdia macuspanensis A. Weber & Wilkens, 1998 (Olmec blind catfish)
Rhamdia muelleri (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia parryi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 (Tonala catfish)
Rhamdia poeyi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Silver catfish)
Rhamdia reddelli R. R. Miller, 1984 (Blind-whiskered catfish)
Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl (de), 1941[4]
Rhamdia schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858
Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821)
Rhamdia voulezi Haseman, 1911[3]
Rhamdia xetequepeque Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993 (Zongolica catfish)
References
Bichuette, M.E.; Trajano, E. (2005). "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (4): 587–595. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252005000400016.
Bockmann; and Castro (2010). The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8(4). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000400001
Garavello, J.C. & Shibatta, O.A. (2016): Reappraisal of Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911 and R. voulezi Haseman, 1911 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the rio Iguaçu with notes on their morphometry and karyotype. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e140111.
Hernández, C.L.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Sánchez-Garcés, G.C.; Alford, M.H. (2015). "Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 103 (3): 563–579. doi:10.1643/ci-14-145.
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