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Jump to next section Species List
1. Cetopsidium ferreirai (i:1, k:0)
2. Cetopsidium minutum (i:3, k:0)
3. Cetopsidium morenoi (i:1, k:0)
4. Cetopsidium orientale (i:1, k:0)
5. Cetopsidium pemon (i:3, k:0)
6. Cetopsidium roae (i:1, k:0)
7. Cetopsidium soniae (i:3, k:0)
8. Cetopsis arcana (i:1, k:0)
9. Cetopsis baudoensis (i:4, k:0)
10. Cetopsis caiapo (i:1, k:0)
11. Cetopsis candiru (i:4, k:1)
12. Cetopsis coecutiens (i:20, k:5)
13. Cetopsis fimbriata (i:1, k:1)
14. Cetopsis gobioides (i:1, k:0)
15. Cetopsis jurubidae (i:1, k:0)
16. Cetopsis montana (i:1, k:0)
17. Cetopsis motatanensis (i:1, k:0)
18. Cetopsis oliveirai (i:2, k:0)
19. Cetopsis orinoco (i:11, k:1)
20. Cetopsis othonops (i:1, k:0)
21. Cetopsis parma (i:2, k:0)
22. Cetopsis pearsoni (i:1, k:0)
23. Cetopsis plumbea (i:2, k:0)
24. Cetopsis sandrae (i:8, k:1)
25. Cetopsis sarcodes (i:1, k:0)
26. Cetopsis sp. (1) (i:7, k:1)
27. Cetopsis starnesi (i:1, k:0)
28. Cetopsis umbrosa (i:2, k:0)
29. Denticetopsis epa (i:1, k:0)
30. Denticetopsis iwokrama (i:2, k:0)
31. Denticetopsis macilenta (i:2, k:0)
32. Denticetopsis praecox (i:4, k:0)
33. Denticetopsis royeroi (i:1, k:0)
34. Denticetopsis sauli (i:2, k:0)
35. Denticetopsis seducta (i:3, k:2)
36. Helogenes castaneus (i:1, k:0)
37. Helogenes gouldingi (i:2, k:0)
38. Helogenes marmoratus (i:11, k:2)
39. Helogenes uruyensis (i:1, k:0)
40. Paracetopsis atahualpa (i:1, k:0)
41. Paracetopsis bleekeri (i:1, k:0)
42. Paracetopsis esmeraldas (i:1, k:0)
Jump to next section Total of 42 species
Jump to next section The Catfish Family Cetopsidae
Cetopsidae
Pronounced See TOP Sid Ae
Family Common Name Whale Catfishes
Features Reduced set of barbels which trail behind the fishes underslung mouth. An open water catfish with no adipose fin or armour.
Distribution South America
Common Names (Baby) Whale Catfish
Size Smallest 18mm, largest 265mm, average 93mm, most commonly 43mm. All SL.
Species There are 42 species in 5 genera in the database
Keepers 8 species (19%) are being kept by registered keepers
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1. Cetopsis (10 keepers)
2. Helogenes (2 keepers)
3. Denticetopsis (2 keepers)
4. Paracetopsis (0 keepers)
5. Cetopsidium (0 keepers)
Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Cetopsis coecutiens (30.63%)
2. Denticetopsis seducta (10.87%)
3. Helogenes marmoratus (10.21%)
4. Cetopsis candiru (6.57%)
5. Cetopsis fimbriata (3.47%)
6. Cetopsis sandrae (2.95%)
7. Denticetopsis praecox (2.84%)
8. Cetopsis sp. (1) (2.73%)
9. Cetopsis umbrosa (2.59%)
10. Denticetopsis macilenta (2.33%)
11. Cetopsis parma (2.22%)
12. Helogenes gouldingi (2.14%)
13. Cetopsis oliveirai (2.07%)
14. Cetopsis plumbea (2%)
15. Cetopsidium pemon (1.93%)
16. Cetopsidium minutum (1.83%)
17. Denticetopsis sauli (1.74%)
18. Cetopsis orinoco (1.71%)
19. Denticetopsis iwokrama (1.55%)
20. Cetopsis gobioides (1.36%)
21. Cetopsis jurubidae (1.31%)
22. Paracetopsis bleekeri (1.3%)
23. Cetopsis othonops (1.25%)
24. Cetopsis baudoensis (1.22%)
25. Cetopsis caiapo (1.21%)

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