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Taxon:
Subfamily
Aspredininae
Adams, 1854
- banjo cats
(fish)
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Entity:
Aspredinidae (Family) - banjo catfishes
..Hoplomyzontinae (Subfamily) - small banjo catfishes
..Pseudobunocephalinae (Subfamily) - terminal-mouth banjo catfishes
..Aspredininae (Subfamily) - banjo cats
....Amaralia (Genus)
....Aspredinichthys (Genus)
....Aspredo (Genus)
....Bunocephalus (Genus)
....Platystacus (Genus)
....Pterobunocephalus (Genus)
....Xyliphius (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Aspredinidae
(Family)
Adams, 1854
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Type
:
Aspredo
(Genus)
Scopoli, 1777
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 4 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Variants
Different rank
:
Aspredinidae
(Family)
Adams, 1854
Ref:
R.A. Fritzsche, 1982
: 881.
Synonyms
Including
:
Bunocephalidae
(Family)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 4 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Bunocephalinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 4 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
banjo cats
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
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