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1. Acanthobunocephalus nicoi (i:1, k:1)
2. Amaralia hypsiura (i:10, k:12)
3. Amaralia oviraptor (i:0, k:0)
4. Aspredinichthys filamentosus (i:1, k:0)
5. Aspredinichthys tibicen (i:0, k:0)
6. Aspredo aspredo (i:2, k:0)
7. Bunocephalus aleuropsis (i:0, k:0)
8. Bunocephalus aloikae (i:0, k:0)
9. Bunocephalus amaurus (i:5, k:5)
10. Bunocephalus chamaizelus (i:0, k:0)
11. Bunocephalus colombianus (i:5, k:24)
12. Bunocephalus coracoideus (i:18, k:211)
13. Bunocephalus doriae (i:1, k:1)
14. Bunocephalus erondinae (i:0, k:0)
15. Bunocephalus hartti (i:0, k:0)
16. Bunocephalus knerii (i:5, k:2)
17. Bunocephalus larai (i:0, k:1)
18. Bunocephalus minerim (i:0, k:0)
19. Bunocephalus verrucosus (i:18, k:16)
20. Dupouyichthys sapito (i:2, k:1)
21. Ernstichthys anduzei (i:1, k:0)
22. Ernstichthys intonsus (i:1, k:0)
23. Ernstichthys megistus (i:6, k:2)
24. Hoplomyzon atrizona (i:1, k:0)
25. Hoplomyzon cardosoi (i:0, k:0)
26. Hoplomyzon papillatus (i:0, k:0)
27. Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma (i:0, k:0)
28. Micromyzon akamai (i:1, k:0)
29. Micromyzon orinoco (i:0, k:0)
30. Platystacus cotylephorus (i:28, k:29)
31. Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus (i:4, k:9)
32. Pseudobunocephalus bifidus (i:0, k:0)
33. Pseudobunocephalus iheringii (i:1, k:0)
34. Pseudobunocephalus lundbergi (i:0, k:0)
35. Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus (i:8, k:4)
36. Pseudobunocephalus rugosus (i:0, k:0)
37. Pterobunocephalus depressus (i:15, k:5)
38. Pterobunocephalus dolichurus (i:14, k:8)
39. Xyliphius anachoretes (i:3, k:0)
40. Xyliphius barbatus (i:2, k:1)
41. Xyliphius kryptos (i:1, k:0)
42. Xyliphius lepturus (i:9, k:3)
43. Xyliphius lombarderoi (i:0, k:0)
44. Xyliphius magdalenae (i:0, k:0)
45. Xyliphius melanopterus (i:12, k:1)
46. Xyliphius sofiae (i:3, k:0)
Jump to next section Total of 46 species
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aspredinidae
Family Common Name Banjo Catfishes
Distribution South America
Common Names Banjo Catfish, Eel Banjo Catfish
Size Smallest 16mm, largest 383mm, average 94mm, most commonly 80mm. All SL.
Species There are 46 species in 13 genera in the database
Keepers 19 species (41%) are being kept by registered keepers
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1. Bunocephalus , 13 species (260 keepers)
2. Platystacus , 1 species (29 keepers)
3. Pseudobunocephalus , 6 species (13 keepers)
4. Pterobunocephalus , 2 species (13 keepers)
5. Amaralia , 2 species (12 keepers)
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Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Bunocephalus coracoideus (62.8%)
2. Platystacus cotylephorus (8.63%)
3. Bunocephalus colombianus (7.14%)
4. Bunocephalus verrucosus (4.76%)
5. Amaralia hypsiura (3.57%)
6. Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus (2.68%)
7. Pterobunocephalus dolichurus (2.38%)
8. Pterobunocephalus depressus (1.49%)
9. Bunocephalus amaurus (1.49%)
10. Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus (1.19%)
11. Xyliphius lepturus (0.89%)
12. Ernstichthys megistus (0.6%)
13. Bunocephalus knerii (0.6%)
14. Xyliphius melanopterus (0.3%)
15. Xyliphius barbatus (0.3%)
16. Dupouyichthys sapito (0.3%)
17. Bunocephalus larai (0.3%)
18. Bunocephalus doriae (0.3%)
19. Acanthobunocephalus nicoi (0.3%)