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Xyliphius melanopterus Orcés V., 1962

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Orcés, V. G. (1962). Dos nuevos peces del género Xyliphius. <em>Ciencia y Naturaleza (Quito).</em> 5 (2): 50-54, 1 pl. [English summary.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Aspredinidae
genus
Xyliphius
species
Xyliphius melanopterus

Name

Synonyms
Xiliphius melanopterus Orcés V., 1962
Homonyms
Xyliphius melanopterus Orcés V., 1962
Common names
Bagre Negro in Spanish
Bagrecito in Spanish
Banjo in Portuguese
Banjo Ciego in Spanish
širokohlavec černoploutvý in Czech
Темнопёрый аспредовый сом-ксилиф in Russian
Banjo Ciego in Spanish
Bagre Negro in Spanish
Bagrecito in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Galvis, G., R. Sánchez, L. Mesa, Y. López, M.A. Gutiérrez, A.Gutiérrez, M.C. Leyva, C. Castellanos. 2007. Peces de la Amazonia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Eds. A. I. Sanabria-Ochoa, P. Victoria-Daza, I. C. Beltran. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Instituto Sinchi. Bogota, Colombia. 489 pp. | Urbano-Bonilla, A., Zamudio, J., Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., Bogotá-Grégory, J. D., Cortes-Millán, G. A., & López, Y. 2009. Peces del piedemonte del departamento de Casanare, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 10 (1-2), 149-162
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Orcés, V. G. (1962). Dos nuevos peces del género Xyliphius. <em>Ciencia y Naturaleza (Quito).</em> 5 (2): 50-54, 1 pl. [English summary.].
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