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Callichthyidae

Callichthyidae The most popular and best known catfishes from the South American continent. Very peaceful and mostly undemanding.

Bodies covered with two rows of overlapping bony plates on each side; swim bladder encased in bone; mouth small and ventral; one or two pairs of well developed barbels present, and shorter processes usually on upper jaw and on lower jaw; dorsal and pectoral fins with strong spine; spine at anterior border of adipose fin. Family at present (2024) includes Corydoras (Lineage 1), Aspidoras (Lineage 2), Brochis (Lineage 8+), Scleromystax (Lineage 3), Gastrodermus (Lineage 5), Osteogaster (Lineage 7), Hoplisoma (Lineage 9), Callichthys, Hoplosternum, Lepthoplosternum, Megalechis and Dianema.To find out the meaning of the code number systems, i.e C and CW numbers click here.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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Aspidoras albater

Aspidoras aldebaran

Aspidoras azaghal

Aspidoras belenos

Aspidoras brunneus

Aspidoras carvalhoi

Aspidoras depinnai

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras kiriri

Aspidoras lakoi

Aspidoras maculosus

Aspidoras mephisto

Aspidoras poecilus

Aspidoras psammatides

Aspidoras raimundi

Aspidoras rochai

Aspidoras sp. "albino"

Aspidoras sp. (C035) (A. albater)

Aspidoras sp. (C036) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C037) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (C118) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C119) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C125) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (C158) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (CW052) (hybrid)

Aspidoras sp. CW119) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (CW126)

Aspidoras sp. (CW141) (A. aldebaran)

Aspidoras sp. (CW183)

Aspidoras sp. (CW184)

Aspidoras sp. (CW209)

Aspidoras sp. "gold"

Aspidoras spilotus (now a synonym of A. menezesi)

Aspidoras taurus (now a synonym of A. albater)

Aspidoras velites

Brochis agassizii

Brochis amandajanea

Brochis ambiacus

Brochis approuaguensis

Brochis arcuata

Brochis bethanae

Brochis bifasciata

Brochis britskii

Brochis brittoi

Brochis condiscipulus

Brochis crimmeni

Brochis cryptica

Brochis delphax

Brochis deweyeri

Brochis difluviatilis

Brochis ephippifer

Brochis garbei

Brochis geryi

Brochis gomezi

Brochis haraldschultzi

Brochis heteromorphus

Brochis imitator

Brochis incolicana

Brochis isbrueckeri

Brochis lamberti

Brochis leopardus

Brochis multiradiata

Brochis noelkempffi

Brochis ornate

Brochis orphnopterus

Brochis pantanelensis

Brochis cf. pantanelensis

Brochis pinheiroi

Brochis pulchra

Brochis reticulata

Brochis robineae

Brochis robusta

Brochis seussi

Brochis sodalis

Brochis splendens

Brochis sp. (C009)

Brochis sp. (C010)

Brochis sp. (C013)

Brochis sp. (C018)

Brochis sp. (C039) (B. imitator)

Brochis sp. (C049)

Brochis sp. (C052) (same as CW072)

Brochis sp. (C057)

Brochis sp. (C066)

Brochis sp. (C067)

Brochis sp. (C068)

Brochis sp. (C071)

Brochis sp. (C074)

Brochis sp. (C075)

Brochis sp. (C087)

Brochis sp. (C097)

Brochis sp. (C098)

Brochis sp. (C101)

Brochis sp. (C102)

Brochis sp. (C103)

Brochis sp. (C110)

Brochis sp. (C117)

Brochis sp. (C122)

Brochis sp. (C128)

Brochis sp. (C130)

Brochis sp. (C131)

Brochis sp. (C135)

Brochis sp. (C138)

Brochis sp. (C140) (B. imitator)

Brochis sp. (C141)

Brochis sp. (C143)

Brochis sp. (C152)

Brochis sp. (C156)

Brochis sp. (CW002)

Brochis sp. (CW013)

Brochis sp. (CW020)

Brochis sp. (CW034)

Brochis sp. (CW035)

Brochis sp. (CW040)

Brochis sp. (CW057)

Brochis sp. (CW058) (B. orphnopterus)

Brochis sp. (CW061)

Brochis sp. (CW065)

Brochis sp. (CW072) (same as C052)

Brochis sp. (CW074)

Brochis sp. (CW082)

Brochis sp. (CW090)

Brochis sp. (CW099) (same as CW130)

Brochis sp. (CW101)

Brochis sp. (CW106)

Brochis sp. (CW116) (same as CW117)

Brochis sp. (CW117) (same as CW116)

Brochis sp. (CW130) (same as CW099)

Brochis sp. (CW132)

Brochis sp. (CW134)

Brochis sp. (CW135)

Brochis sp. (CW136)

Brochis sp. (CW138)

Brochis sp. (CW143)

Brochis sp. (CW150)

Brochis sp. (CW151)

Brochis sp. (CW155)

Brochis sp. (CW157)

Brochis sp. (CW161)

Brochis sp. (CW166)

Brochis sp. (CW167) (Hoplisoma noxium)

Brochis sp. (CW171)

Brochis sp. (CW176)

Brochis sp. (CW178)

Brochis sp. (CW179)

Brochis sp. (CW182)

Brochis sp. (CW186)

Brochis sp. (CW192)

Brochis sp. (CW202)

Brochis sp. (CW210)

Brochis spectabilis

Brochis sychri

Brochis virginiae

Callichthys callichthys

Callichthys fabricioi

Corydoras acutus

Corydoras amapaensis

Corydoras areio

Corydoras aurofrenatus

Corydoras blochi

Corydoras caramater (CW083)

Corydoras cervinus

Corydoras coriatae

Corydoras cortesi

Corydoras desana

Corydoras elegans

Corydoras ellisae (now a synonym of C. aurofrenatus)

Corydoras filamentosus

Corydoras fowleri

Corydoras fulleri

Corydoras geoffroy

Corydoras gracilis

Corydoras iiap

Corydoras maculifer

Corydoras narcissus

Corydoras negro

Corydoras orcesi

Corydoras ourastigma (CW118)

Corydoras oxyrhynchus

Corydoras pastazensis

Corydoras saramaccensis

Corydoras sarareensis

Corydoras semiaquilus

Corydoras septentrionalis

Corydoras serratus

Corydoras simulatus

Corydoras solox

Corydoras sp. (C008)

Corydoras sp. (C014/C072)

Corydoras sp. (C016)

Corydoras sp. (C024)

Corydoras sp. (C028)

Corydoras sp. (C029)

Corydoras sp. (C038)

Corydoras sp. (C042)

Corydoras sp. (C053) (C. iiap)

Corydoras sp. (C061)

Corydoras sp. (C063)

Corydoras sp. (C077)

Corydoras sp. (C078)

Corydoras sp. (C086)

Corydoras sp. (C092)

Corydoras sp. (C094)

Corydoras sp. (C095)

Corydoras sp. (C099)

Corydoras sp. (C109)

Corydoras sp. (C115) (C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C116) (C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C124)

Corydoras sp. (C127)

Corydoras sp. (C135)

Corydoras sp. (C145)

Corydoras sp. (C153)

Corydoras sp. (C155)

Corydoras sp. (CW012)

Corydoras sp. (CW017)

Corydoras sp. (CW045)

Corydoras sp. (CW053)

Corydoras sp. (CW055)

Corydoras sp. (CW059)

Corydoras sp. (CW073)

Corydoras sp. (CW075)

Corydoras sp. (CW080)

Corydoras sp. (CW083) (C. caramater)

Corydoras sp. (CW089)

Corydoras sp. (CW098) (CW129)

Corydoras sp. (CW114) (C. sipaliwini)

Corydoras sp. (CW115)

Corydoras sp. (CW118) (C. ourastigma)

Corydoras sp. (CW120)

Corydoras sp. (CW124)

Corydoras sp. (CW128)

Corydoras sp. (CW146) (C. thanatus)

Corydoras sp. (CW149)

Corydoras sp. (CW156) (Hoplisoma noxium)

Corydoras sp. (CW164)

Corydoras sp. (CW173) (C. hypnos)

Corydoras sp. (CW174)

Corydoras sp. (CW175)

Corydoras sp. (CW180)

Corydoras sp. (CW195)

Corydoras sp. (CW201)

Corydoras spilurus

Corydoras stenocephalus

Corydoras treitlii

Corydoras vittatus

Corydoras zawadzkii

Dianema longibarbus

Dianema urostriatum

Gastrodermus bilineatus

Gastrodermus elegans

Gastrodermus gracilis

Gastrodermus guapore

Gastrodermus hastatus

Gastrodermus latus

Gastrodermus mamore

Gastrodermus nanus

Gastrodermus napoensis

Gastrodermus nijsseni

Gastrodermus paucerna

Gastrodermus pauciradiatus

Gastrodermus pygmaeus

Gastrodermus sp. (C041)

Gastrodermus sp. (C088) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (C089/C093)

Gastrodermus sp. (C123) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (C126) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (C132) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW008) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW018) (G. napoensis)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW019)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW029) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW033) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW044) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW048)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW056) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW064) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW085) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW087) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW095) (G. elegans)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW096) (G. undulatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW100) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW105)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW110) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW123) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW131) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW144) (G. bilineatus)

Gastrodermus sp. (CW153)

Gastrodermus undulatus

Hoplisoma acrense

Hoplisoma adolfoi

Hoplisoma albolineatum

Hoplisoma apiaka

Hoplisoma araguaiaense

Hoplisoma armatum

Hoplisoma atropersonatum

Hoplisoma axelrodi

Hoplisoma baderi

Hoplisoma benattii

Hoplisoma bicolor

Hoplisoma boehlkei

Hoplisoma boesemani

Hoplisoma bondi

Hoplisoma breei

Hoplisoma brevirostre

Hoplisoma burgessi

Hoplisoma carlae

Hoplisoma caudimaculatum

Hoplisoma cochui

Hoplisoma colossus (CW045)

Hoplisoma concolor

Hoplisoma copei

Hoplisoma coppenamense

Hoplisoma cruziense

Hoplisoma davidsandsi

Hoplisoma diphyes

Hoplisoma duplicareum

Hoplisoma ehrhardti

Hoplisoma evelynae

Hoplisoma eversi

Hoplisoma flaveolum

Hoplisoma froehlichi

Hoplisoma gossei

Hoplisoma granti

Hoplisoma griseum

Hoplisoma gryphus

Hoplisoma guianense

Hoplisoma habrosum

Hoplisoma hypnos

Hoplisoma julii

Hoplisoma kanei

Hoplisoma knaacki

Hoplisoma leucomelas

Hoplisoma longipinne

Hoplisoma loretoense

Hoplisoma loxozonum

Hoplisoma melanistium

Hoplisoma melini

Hoplisoma metae

Hoplisoma multimaculatum

Hoplisoma nattereri

Hoplisoma noxium

Hoplisoma oiapoquense

Hoplisoma ortegai

Hoplisoma osteocarum

Hoplisoma osvaldoi

Hoplisoma paleatum

Hoplisoma paleatum (albino)

Hoplisoma panda

Hoplisoma parallelum

Hoplisoma paragua

Hoplisoma pavanelliae

Hoplisoma polystictum

Hoplisoma potaroense

Hoplisoma psamathos

Hoplisoma punctatum

Hoplisoma reynoldsi

Hoplisoma revelatum (Fossil)

Hoplisoma rikbaktsa

Hoplisoma sanchesi

Hoplisoma cf. sanchesi

Hoplisoma schwartzi

Hoplisoma simile

Hoplisoma sipaliwini

Hoplisoma sp. (C003)

Hoplisoma sp. (C006)

Hoplisoma sp. (C014)

Hoplisoma sp. (C019)

Hoplisoma sp. (C021)

Hoplisoma sp. (C026)

Hoplisoma sp. (C030)

Hoplisoma sp. (C033)

Hoplisoma sp. (C040)

Hoplisoma sp. (C043)

Hoplisoma sp. (C045) (H. araguaiaense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C048)

Hoplisoma sp. (C054)

Hoplisoma sp. (C055) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C062)

Hoplisoma sp. (C073)

Hoplisoma sp. (C076)

Hoplisoma sp. (C084)

Hoplisoma sp. (C085)

Hoplisoma sp. (C090) same as (CW115)

Hoplisoma sp. (C091)

Hoplisoma sp. (C096) same as (CW081)

Hoplisoma sp. (C100)

Hoplisoma sp. (C104) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C105) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C106) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C107) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C108) (H. xinguense)

Hoplisoma sp. (C114)

Hoplisoma sp. (C120)

Hoplisoma sp. (C121)

Hoplisoma sp. (C129)

Hoplisoma sp. (C133)

Hoplisoma sp. (C134)

Hoplisoma sp. (C136)

Hoplisoma sp. (C137)

Hoplisoma sp. (C139)

Hoplisoma sp. (C142)

Hoplisoma sp. (C144)

Hoplisoma sp. (C150)

Hoplisoma sp. (C151)

Hoplisoma sp. (C154)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW001) same as (CW046)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW004) and CW155 both (H. noxium)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW015) same as (CW047)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW021)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW027) same as (C154)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW028)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW030)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW037)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW039)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW046) same as (CW001)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW047) same as (CW015)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW049)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW050)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW051)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW054)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW060) (H. trilineatum)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW062)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW069)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW071)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW079)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW081) same as (C096)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW086)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW088) (H. melini)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW091) (H. melini)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW098) same as (CW129)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW102)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW104)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW107) (H. melini)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW108)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW109)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW111)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW112)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW115) same as (C090)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW122)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW125) (H. loxozonum)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW127)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW129) same as (CW098)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW133)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW137)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW140)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW142)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW145) (H. acrense)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW152)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW158) (H. burgessi)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW159)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW162)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW163)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW165)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW169)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW181)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW185)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW191)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW193)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW196)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW197)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW199) same as (CW205)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW200)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW208)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW211)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW212)

Hoplisoma sp. (CW213)

Hoplisoma steindachneri

Hoplisoma sterbai

Hoplisoma cf. sterbai

Hoplisoma surinamense

Hoplisoma tenebrosum

Hoplisoma thanatos

Hoplisoma trilineatum

Hoplisoma tukano

Hoplisoma urucu

Hoplisoma weitzmani

Hoplisoma wotroi

Hoplisoma xinguense

Hoplosternum littorale

Hoplosternum magdalenae

Hoplosternum punctatum

Lepthoplosternum altamazonicum

Lepthoplosternum beni

Lepthoplosternum pectorale

Lepthoplosternum tordilho

Megalechis picta

Megalechis thoracata

Osteogaster aenea

Osteogaster aenea (albino)

Osteogaster eques

Osteogaster hephaestus

Osteogaster maclurei

Osteogaster melanotaenia

Osteogaster rabauti

Osteogaster schultzei

Osteogaster schultzei (Black)

Osteogaster sp. (CW007)

Osteogaster sp. (CW009)

Osteogaster sp. (CW010)

Osteogaster sp. (CW014)

Osteogaster sp. (CW023)

Osteogaster sp. (CW026)

Osteogaster sp. (CW041)

Osteogaster sp. (CW068)

Osteogaster sp. (CW078)

Osteogaster sp. (CW084)

Osteogaster sp. (CW093)

Osteogaster sp. (CW097)

Osteogaster sp. (CW139)

Osteogaster venezuelanus

Osteogaster zygata

Scleromystax barbatus

Scleromystax kronei

Scleromystax lacerdai (same as C015, CW067, CW092)

Scleromystax macropterus

Scleromystax prionotos

Scleromystax reisi

Scleromystax salmacis

Scleromystax sp. (C112)

Scleromystax sp. (C113) (same as CW038)

Scleromystax sp. (CW038) (same as C113)

Scleromystax sp. (CW042)

Scleromystax sp. (CW067) (same as S. lacardai)

Scleromystax sp. (CW092) (same as S. lacardai)

Scleromystax sp. (CW147)

Scleromystax sp. (CW148)

Scleromystax sp. (CW198)

Scleromystax virgulatus

Urkumaysae gladysae

Urkumayu micracanthum

Urkumayu petracinii

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