Friel, John P.
Pseudobunocephalus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAspredinidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Collections
- USNM, ANSP, CAS, UMMZ, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INHS
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brasil, Peru
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Pseudobunocephalus is a genus of banjo catfishes.
==Taxonomy== The species of Pseudobunocephalus were originally classified in the genus Bunocephalus, but after further study it was found that these fish were unrelated to the type species Bunocephalus verrucosus or any of the other existing aspredinid genera. Thus, a new genus was described in 2008.
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