Siluriformes
Siluriformes (subclass Actinopterygii, superorder Ostariophysi) An order of bony fish that includes all the catfish. This very large order comprises some 2000 species of marine and freshwater fish, belonging to about 31 families. The order was known formerly as Nematognathi.
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The oldest known catfish (Teleostei:Siluriformes) from Asia (India, Late Cretaceous)
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; INTRODUCTION SILURIFORMES CONSTITUTE an important monophyletic group of mainly...Section SILURIPHYSI (sensu Fink and Fink, 1996) Order SILURIFORMES (sensu Chardon, 1968) Siluriformes indeterminate Figure 2 Material examined.-VPL...
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Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha (Loricariidae: Siluriformes): a New Species of Fish from the Paraíba do Sul Slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Brazil
Magazine article from: Copeia; 8/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; A new species of Pareiorhina is described from the Ribeiro Grande and adjacent drainages, in the left bank of the Rio Paraba do Sul basin, in So Paulo State, southeastern Brazil. Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha is uniquely diagnosed among its congeners by the reduction or absence of azygous plates in
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New Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from an Offshore Island of Colombia
Magazine article from: Copeia; 2/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; Trichomycterus gorgona, the first insular trichomycterid species, is described from a small stream on Gorgona Island, located approximately 56 km west of the Pacific coast of Colombia. The new species differs from all congeners in the possession of a thick transverse skin flap between the pelvic
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The Genus Henonemus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) with a Description of a New Species from Venezuela
Magazine article from: Copeia; 5/26/2006; ; 700+ words
; A new diagnosis for the trichomycterid genus Henonemus based on external characters is offered, and Henonemus triacanthopomus, new species, is described from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela. The new species is distinguished from the other species of the genus by three or asymmetrically four
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Four New Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela
Magazine article from: Copeia; 2/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; Hypancistrus contradens, H. debilittera, H. furunculus, and H. lunaorum are described based on specimens from the upper Ro Orinoco of southern Venezuela. Hypancistrus furunculus differs from other Hypancistrus based on color pattern: distinct dark oblique stripes ending at posterior insertion of
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New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Central Peru
Magazine article from: Copeia; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; A new species of rubbernose armored catfish, collected by the Catherwood Foundation Peruvian Amazon Expedition from the upper Huallaga River (650 m elevation) in central Peru, is described herein. This new species differs from all other described Chaetostoma species in having a conspicuously banded
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A New Freshwater Ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin
Magazine article from: Copeia; 12/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; Potamarius usumacintae, new species, is described based on specimens collected in the Ro Usumacinta basin in Guatemala and Mexico. The species is diagnosed from other freshwater ariids distributed in Mesoamerica by the following combination of features: lateral gill rakers on first gill arch 17-20
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Two New Species of Noturus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) from the Tennessee River Drainage: Description, Distribution, and Conservation Status
Magazine article from: Copeia; 12/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; Nominotypical Noturus elegans are herein restricted to the Green River drainage of central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. Ten specimens and additional new material from the Duck River originally allocated to N. elegans are here described as a new species, Noturus fasciatus, restricted to the
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A New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Basin, Southern Brazil
Magazine article from: Copeia; 9/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; Hisonotus armatus, a new hypoptopomatine species, is described from the Laguna dos Patos basin, Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from other Hisonotus species by aspects of the morphology of the rostral plate, the arrangement of abdominal plates, and the
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A New Species of Corumbataia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from Upper Rio Tocantins Basin, Central Brazil
Magazine article from: Copeia; 9/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; Corumbataia veadeiros, new species, is described from the upper Rio Tocantins basin at the Chapada dos Veadeiros formation, Gois State, central Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all other species of Corumbataia by its lack of a raised tuft of enlarged odontodes on the supraoccipital, an
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Siluriformes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Siluriformes (subclass Actinopterygii , superorder Ostariophysi ) An order of bony fish that includes all the catfish. This very large order comprises some 2000 species of marine and freshwater fish, belonging to about 31 families. The order was known formerly as Nematognathi.
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Siluridae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Siluridae ( wels ; superorder Ostariophysi , order Siluriformes ) A family of freshwater catfish that have elongate, scaleless bodies, a somewhat conical head with two pairs of barbels near...
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Schilbeidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Schilbeidae (superorder Ostariophysi , order Siluriformes ) A family of freshwater catfish that have a scaleless, elongate body, strongly tapering towards the tail, a short dorsal fin...
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Ostariophysi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Ostariophysi A long-established name for a group of fish possessing Weberian ossicles and including the carps and catfish. The name has been reintroduced recently for a superorder of bony fish including the orders Cypriniformes , Gonorynchiformes , and Siluriformes .
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Nematognathi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Nematognathi An older name for the order Siluriformes (catfish).
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