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Aspredinidae
Adams, 1854
- banjo catfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Doradoidea (Superfamily)
..Auchenipteridae (Family) - intromittant catfishes
..Doradidae (Family) - thorny catfishes
..Aspredinidae (Family) - banjo catfishes
....Aspredininae (Subfamily) - banjo cats
....Hoplomyzontinae (Subfamily) - small banjo catfishes
....Pseudobunocephalinae (Subfamily) - terminal-mouth banjo catfishes
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Aspredininae
(Subfamily)
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
:
Aspredininae
(Subfamily)
Adams, 1854
Ref:
R.A. Fritzsche, 1982
: 881.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Bunocephalidae
(Family)
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 606.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
banjo catfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 232; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
banjo catfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2462.
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21 Sep 2025