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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 95mm, most commonly 43mm. All SL. |
| Subfamilies | There are 2 subfamilies in the database |
| Species | There are 45 "species" in 5 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 10 species (22%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Subfamilies in Cetopsidae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Cetopsinae | 41 species | (91%) |
| 2. | Helogeninae | 4 species | (9%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cetopsis | 24 species | (22 keepers) |
| 2. | Helogenes | 4 species | (9 keepers) |
| 3. | Denticetopsis | 7 species | (6 keepers) |
| 4. | Cetopsidium | 7 species | (0 keepers) |
| 5. | Paracetopsis | 3 species | (0 keepers) |
| Distribution of Cetopsidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Helogenes marmoratus | (24.32%) |
| 2. | Cetopsis coecutiens | (24.32%) |
| 3. | Denticetopsis seducta | (16.22%) |
| 4. | Cetopsis parma | (8.11%) |
| 5. | Cetopsis candiru | (8.11%) |
| 6. | Cetopsis orinoco | (5.41%) |
| 7. | Cetopsis fimbriata | (5.41%) |
| 8. | Cetopsis umbrosa | (2.7%) |
| 9. | Cetopsis sandrae | (2.7%) |
| 10. | Cetopsis montana | (2.7%) |
| Alphabetic Species List (Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cetopsidium ferreirai | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 2. | Cetopsidium minutum | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 3. | Cetopsidium morenoi | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 4. | Cetopsidium orientale | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 5. | Cetopsidium pemon | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 6. | Cetopsidium roae | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 7. | Cetopsidium soniae | (i:3, k:0, b:0) |
| 8. | Cetopsis amphiloxa | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 9. | Cetopsis arcana | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 10. | Cetopsis aspis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 11. | Cetopsis baudoensis | (i:4, k:0, b:0) |
| 12. | Cetopsis caiapo | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 13. | Cetopsis candiru | (i:4, k:3, b:0) |
| 14. | Cetopsis coecutiens | (i:20, k:9, b:0) |
| 15. | Cetopsis fimbriata | (i:2, k:2, b:0) |
| 16. | Cetopsis gobioides | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 17. | Cetopsis jurubidae | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 18. | Cetopsis montana | (i:1, k:1, b:0) |
| 19. | Cetopsis motatanensis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 20. | Cetopsis oliveirai | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 21. | Cetopsis orinoco | (i:11, k:2, b:0) |
| 22. | Cetopsis othonops | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 23. | Cetopsis parma | (i:4, k:3, b:0) |
| 24. | Cetopsis pearsoni | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 25. | Cetopsis plumbea | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 26. | Cetopsis sandrae | (i:8, k:1, b:0) |
| 27. | Cetopsis sarcodes | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 28. | Cetopsis sp. (1) | (i:7, k:0, b:0) |
| 29. | Cetopsis starnesi | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 30. | Cetopsis umbrosa | (i:2, k:1, b:0) |
| 31. | Cetopsis varii | (i:0, k:0, b:0) |
| 32. | Denticetopsis epa | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 33. | Denticetopsis iwokrama | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 34. | Denticetopsis macilenta | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 35. | Denticetopsis praecox | (i:4, k:0, b:0) |
| 36. | Denticetopsis royeroi | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 37. | Denticetopsis sauli | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 38. | Denticetopsis seducta | (i:8, k:6, b:0) |
| 39. | Helogenes castaneus | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 40. | Helogenes gouldingi | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 41. | Helogenes marmoratus | (i:13, k:9, b:0) |
| 42. | Helogenes uruyensis | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |
| 43. | Paracetopsis atahualpa | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 44. | Paracetopsis bleekeri | (i:2, k:0, b:0) |
| 45. | Paracetopsis esmeraldas | (i:1, k:0, b:0) |