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 Family Overview | |
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| Pronounced | Ass PRED Ini Day |
| 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 |
| Size | Smallest 16mm, largest 505mm, average 94mm, most commonly 110mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 50 "species" in 13 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 19 species (38%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 1 "species" (2.0%) are being bred. |
| Subfamilies in Aspredinidae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aspredininae | 30 species | (60%) |
| 2. | Hoplomyzontinae | 11 species | (22%) |
| 3. | Pseudobunocephalinae | 9 species | (18%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bunocephalus | 14 species | (286 keepers) |
| 2. | Platystacus | 1 species | (35 keepers) |
| 3. | Pterobunocephalus | 2 species | (14 keepers) |
| 4. | Pseudobunocephalus | 7 species | (13 keepers) |
| 5. | Amaralia | 2 species | (12 keepers) |
| Distribution of Aspredinidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bunocephalus coracoideus | (63.69%) |
| 2. | Platystacus cotylephorus | (9.49%) |
| 3. | Bunocephalus colombianus | (6.5%) |
| 4. | Bunocephalus verrucosus | (4.88%) |
| 5. | Amaralia hypsiura | (3.25%) |
| 6. | Pterobunocephalus dolichurus | (2.44%) |
| 7. | Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus | (2.44%) |
| 8. | Pterobunocephalus depressus | (1.36%) |
| 9. | Bunocephalus amaurus | (1.36%) |
| 10. | Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus | (1.08%) |
| 11. | Xyliphius lepturus | (0.81%) |
| 12. | Ernstichthys megistus | (0.54%) |
| 13. | Bunocephalus knerii | (0.54%) |
| 14. | Xyliphius melanopterus | (0.27%) |
| 15. | Xyliphius barbatus | (0.27%) |
| 16. | Dupouyichthys sapito | (0.27%) |
| 17. | Bunocephalus larai | (0.27%) |
| 18. | Bunocephalus doriae | (0.27%) |
| 19. | Acanthobunocephalus nicoi | (0.27%) |