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Commonly known as "Whale Catfishes"
because of the origin of the first name
Cetopis, meaning "looks like a whale".
Three pairs of barbels (no nasals); no adipose
fin; swim bladder highly reduced and enclosed
in bony capsule; dorsal fin far forward; anal
fin with 20-29 rays. Five genera, Cetopsis,
Cetopsidium, Denticetopsis, Helegenes
and Paracetopsis.
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