Xyliphius
melanopterus Orcés V., 1962 |
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Xyliphius live buried in
the sand and perhaps gravel of swift flowing streams. The banjo
catfish genus Xyliphius was established by Eigenmann
(1912) to include a single species, X. magdalenae Eigenmann,
from río Magdalena basin, Girardot, Colombia. That description
was based on a single specimen, 32.0 mm SL. Later, four species
were described in a short time frame: X.
lepturus and X. melanopterus from western
headwaters of río Bobonaza, upper Amazon basin (Orcés,
1962), X. barbatus (Alonso
de Arámburu & Arámburu, 1962), and X.
lombarderoi (Risso & Risso, 1964), from río
Paraná, in Argentina. A sixth species, X. kryptos,
was described by Taphorn & Lilyestrom (1983), from río
Aricuaisá, lago de Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Further
collections, though small, expanded the distribution of species
of Xyliphius beyond their type localities (Cala, 1977).
Currently, the six nominal species of Xyliphius are
known from northern South America in the río Magdalena
system (X. magdalenae), lago de Maracaibo (X. kryptos),
and western headwaters of the Amazonas basin and río
Orinoco (X. lepturus and X. melanopterus),
and from southern South America in the río de La Plata
system (X. barbatus and X. lombarderoi) (Taphorn
& Lilyestrom, 1983; Galvis et al., 1997; Calviño
& Castello, 2008). Another new species, Xyliphius anachoretes
(Figueiredo Carlos A, Britto Marcelo R. 2010) making 7 species
in total is from the Tocantins-Araguaia River system. |
Common
Name: |
Skunk Banjo Catfish |
Synonyms: |
None |
Family: |
Aspredinidae |
Distribution: |
South America:
upper Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Type locality:
el bajo Pucayacu no lejos de su desembocadura en el Bobonaza
[Ecuador] |
Size: |
15.0cm. (6ins) |
Temp: |
20-24°C (67-75°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0 -7.0. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Friel, J.P., 2003. Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes).
p. 261-267. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris,
Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central
America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. |
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