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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Common Names | Banjo Catfish, Eel Banjo Catfish |
| Size | Smallest 20mm, largest 318mm, average 98mm, most commonly 67mm. All SL. |
| Subfamilies | There are 3 subfamilies in the database |
| Species | There are 19 "species" in 16 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 19 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 1 "species" ( 5%) are being bred. |
| Distribution | South America Login to view the map. |
| Subfamilies in Aspredinidae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | Aspredininae | 101 species | (532%) |
| 3. | Pseudobunocephalinae | 16 species | (84%) |
| 3. | Hoplomyzontinae | 5 species | (26%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Platystacus | 1 species | (35 keepers) |
| 2. | Amaralia | 2 species | (12 keepers) |
| 3. | Pterobunocephalus | 2 species | (5 keepers) |
| 4. | Pseudobunocephalus | 7 species | (4 keepers) |
| 5. | Xyliphius | 7 species | (2 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (63.97%) | |
| 2. | (9.14%) | |
| 3. | (6.27%) | |
| 4. | (4.96%) | |
| 5. | (3.13%) | |
| 6. | (2.35%) | |
| 7. | (2.35%) | |
| 8. | (1.57%) | |
| 9. | (1.31%) | |
| 10. | (1.04%) | |
| 11. | (1.04%) | |
| 12. | (0.52%) | |
| 13. | (0.52%) | |
| 14. | (0.52%) | |
| 15. | (0.26%) | |
| 16. | (0.26%) | |
| 17. | (0.26%) | |
| 18. | (0.26%) | |
| 19. | (0.26%) | |
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/coracoideus/1.jpg "Bunocephalus coracoideus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/platystacus/cotylephorus/1.jpg "Platystacus cotylephorus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/colombianus/1.jpg "Bunocephalus colombianus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/verrucosus/1.jpg "Bunocephalus verrucosus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/amaralia/hypsiura/1.jpg "Amaralia hypsiura")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/pterobunocephalus/dolichurus/1.jpg "Pterobunocephalus dolichurus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/pseudobunocephalus/amazonicus/1.jpg "Pseudobunocephalus amazonicus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/amaurus/1.jpg "Bunocephalus amaurus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/pterobunocephalus/depressus/1.jpg "Pterobunocephalus depressus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/xyliphius/lepturus/1.jpg "Xyliphius lepturus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/pseudobunocephalus/quadriradiatus/1.jpg "Pseudobunocephalus quadriradiatus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/ernstichthys/megistus/1.jpg "Ernstichthys megistus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/larai/1.jpg "Bunocephalus larai")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/knerii/1.jpg "Bunocephalus knerii")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/xyliphius/melanopterus/1.jpg "Xyliphius melanopterus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/xyliphius/barbatus/1.jpg "Xyliphius barbatus")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/dupouyichthys/sapito/1.jpg "Dupouyichthys sapito")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/bunocephalus/doriae/1.jpg "Bunocephalus doriae")
/siluriformes/aspredinidae/acanthobunocephalus/nicoi/1.jpg "Acanthobunocephalus nicoi")
| Most Kept Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:21, k:245, b:3) | |
| 2. | (i:28, k:35, b:0) | |
| 3. | (i:5, k:24, b:0) | |
| 4. | (i:18, k:19, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:10, k:12, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:4, k:9, b:0) | |
| 7. | (i:14, k:9, b:0) | |
| 8. | (i:9, k:6, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:15, k:5, b:0) | |
| 10. | (i:8, k:4, b:0) | |
| 11. | (i:10, k:4, b:0) | |
| 12. | (i:5, k:2, b:0) | |
| 13. | (i:6, k:2, b:0) | |
| 14. | (i:6, k:2, b:0) | |
| 15. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 16. | (i:1, k:1, b:0) | |
| 17. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |
| 18. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |
| 19. | (i:13, k:1, b:0) | |