Taxonomy Profile: Aspredinidae

Aspredinidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Bunocephalinae
Aspredininae
Hoplomyzontini
Bunocephalini
Bleeker 1858
Common Name(s):
banjo catfishes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Aspredinidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Ostariophysi
Order : Siluriformes
catfishes |
silures |
Family : Aspredinidae
banjo catfishes |
Aspredinidae Direct Children(s):
Aspredinichthys
(Bleeker 1858)
Aspredo
(Scopoli 1777)
Amaralia
(Fowler 1954)
Bunocephalus
(Kner 1855)
Hoplomyzon
(Myers 1942)
Xyliphius
(Eigenmann 1912)
Dupouyichthys
(Schultz 1944)
Ernstichthys
(Fernández-Yépez 1953)
Acanthobunocephalus
(Friel 1995)
Micromyzon
(Friel and Lundberg 1996)
Platystacus
(Bloch 1794)
Pterobunocephalus
(Fowler 1943)
Aspredinidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Aspredinidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aspredinidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Friel, John P. / Reis, Roberto E., Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-01-01 / 2003-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America
Page(s):
261-267
Publisher:
Edipucrs
Publication Place:
Porto Alegre, Brazil
ISBN/ISSN:
85-7430-361-5/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aspredinidae
Aspredinidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Aspredinidae: Comments