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Aspredinidae

1. Acanthobunocephalus nicoi (i:1, k:1)
2. Amaralia hypsiura (i:8, k:3)
3. Aspredinichthys filamentosus (i:1, k:0)
4. Aspredo aspredo (i:2, k:0)
5. Bunocephalus amaurus (i:4, k:1)
6. Bunocephalus colombianus (i:5, k:3)
7. Bunocephalus coracoideus (i:15, k:110)
8. Bunocephalus doriae (i:1, k:0)
9. Bunocephalus verrucosus (i:16, k:6)
10. Dupouyichthys sapito (i:1, k:1)
11. Ernstichthys intonsus (i:1, k:0)
12. Ernstichthys megistus (i:1, k:2)
13. Hoplomyzon atrizona (i:1, k:0)
14. Micromyzon akamai (i:1, k:0)
15. Platystacus cotylephorus (i:28, k:6)
16. Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus (i:4, k:3)
17. Pseudobunocephalus bifidus (i:0, k:0)
18. Pseudobunocephalus iheringii (i:3, k:0)
19. Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi (i:0, k:0)
20. Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus (i:8, k:1)
21. Pseudobunocephalus rugosus (i:0, k:0)
22. Pterobunocephalus depressus (i:5, k:2)
23. Pterobunocephalus dolichurus (i:12, k:3)
24. Xyliphius barbatus (i:2, k:1)
25. Xyliphius kryptos (i:1, k:0)
26. Xyliphius lepturus (i:4, k:1)
27. Xyliphius sp. (1) (i:2, k:0)

The catfish family Aspredinidae

Pronounced	Ass PRED Ini Day
Family Common Name	Banjo Catfishes
Features	Flat, low body. Narrow tail ending in a fan shaped caudal fin. Rough varicose skin.
Distribution	South America
Common Names	Banjo Catfish, Eel Banjo Catfish
Species	There are 27 species in 13 genera in the database
Keepers	15 species (55%) are being kept by registered keepers

5 most popular genera

1. Bunocephalus (120 keepers)
2. Platystacus (6 keepers)
3. Pterobunocephalus (5 keepers)
4. Pseudobunocephalus (4 keepers)
5. Amaralia (3 keepers)

There are 6 keepers of species in the remaining 8 genera

25 most viewed species in order of hits

1. Bunocephalus coracoideus (24.89%)
2. Platystacus cotylephorus (9.29%)
3. Pterobunocephalus dolichurus (9.18%)
4. Bunocephalus verrucosus (5.34%)
5. Amaralia hypsiura (4.21%)
6. Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus (3.67%)
7. Aspredo aspredo (3.29%)
8. Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus (2.91%)
9. Bunocephalus colombianus (2.87%)
10. Acanthobunocephalus nicoi (2.67%)
11. Bunocephalus amaurus (2.64%)
12. Pseudobunocephalus iheringii (2.63%)
13. Xyliphius barbatus (2.52%)
14. Bunocephalus doriae (2.49%)
15. Pterobunocephalus depressus (2.42%)
16. Micromyzon akamai (2.34%)
17. Xyliphius lepturus (2.31%)
18. Ernstichthys intonsus (2.22%)
19. Aspredinichthys filamentosus (2.09%)
20. Ernstichthys megistus (2.06%)
21. Dupouyichthys sapito (2%)
22. Hoplomyzon atrizona (1.97%)
23. Xyliphius kryptos (1.97%)
24. Xyliphius sp. (1) (1.76%)
25. Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi (0.27%)

108537 hits counted across all this family's species pages.

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