Ernstichthys
John P. Friel- Ernstichthys anduzei Fernádez-Yépez, 1953
- Ernstichthys megistus Orcés, 1961
- Ernstichthys intonsus Stewart, 1985
Characteristics
Diagnosis
A genus of small to medium sized, armored banjo catfishes (up to 50 mm SL) distinguished from all other aspredinids by the following characters: tip of parapophysis of fifth vertebrae expanded; 2 sets of paired pre-anal-fin plates; and pectoral spine strongly recurved, much longer than first branched pectoral-fin ray.
References
Friel, J. 1994. A phylogenetic study of the Neotropical banjo catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) Ph.D. thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC, 256 pp.
Fernádez-Yépez, A. 1953. Algunas notas sobre los peces Asprediformes con descripcion de Ernstichthys anduzei, nuevo e interesante bunocephalido. Novedades Cientificas, 11: 1-7.
Orces, G. 1961. Hallazgo de peces de los géneros Xiliphius y Hoplomyzon en el sistema del Amazonas. Descriptión de una nueva especie. Ciencia y Naturaleza, 4(1): 3-6.
Stewart, D. J. 1985. A review of the South American catfish tribe Hoplomyzontini (Pisces, Aspredinidae), with descriptions of new species from Ecuador. Fieldiana, New Series, No. 25(1360):1-19.
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John P. Friel
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, USA
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