Exallodontus aguanai

Exallodontus aguanai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Exallodontus
Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991
Species:
E. aguanai
Binomial name
Exallodontus aguanai
Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991

Exallodontus aguanai is a catfish species (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Exallodontus of the family Pimelodidae. This genus and species was described in 1991. This species reaches 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins of Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. Exallodontus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.

References

  1. ↑ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Exallodontus aguanai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830453A193049788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830453A193049788.en. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Exallodontus aguanai". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
  3. ↑ Lundberg, J. G.; Mago-Leccia, F.; Nass, P. (1991). "Exallodontus aguanai, a new genus and species of pimelodidae (Pisces : siluriformes) from deep river channels of South America, and delimitation of the subfamily pimelodinae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 104 (4): 840–869.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Exallodontus aguanai". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  5. ↑ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86213152.