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Pterygoplichthys anisitsi [1] [2] also known as the Paraná sailfin catfish, southern sailfin catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. [3] Its natural range is the middle Paraná and Uruguay River basins of south-central South America, [4] but it has been introduced to North America and South Asia, probably via the pet trade.
Pterygoplichthys has undergone much shifting in the past decades. Previously Liposarcus, Glyptoperichthys and Pterygoplichthys had been named as separate genera. [2] [3] Since then, these genera were recognized as synonyms of Pterygoplichthys by Armbruster, as the few differences between the genera were not deemed great enough to validate Glyptoperichthys and Liposarcus, and that recognizing ...
Pterygoplichthys plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758 Hypostomus plecostomus , also known as the suckermouth catfish or common pleco , is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the armored catfish family ( Loricariidae ), named for the longitudinal rows of armor -like scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and ...
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus - the orinoco sailfin catfish; Pterygoplichthys pardalis - the amazon sailfin catfish; Pterygoplichthys anisitsi - the snow king sailfin catfish; Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps (reclassified as Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps) - sailfin plec (L164) also known as leopard plec or spotted sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi was described in 1903 by the German-American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann along with Clarence Hamilton Kennedy. [7] These scientists were originally credited more so with its discovery since the description made by Holmberg went unnoticed, so in 1992 C. Webber passed the latter to the category of nomen oblitum. [8]
Pterygoplichthyini is a tribe of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae.It includes two genera, Pterygoplichthys and the currently undescribed genus referred to as the Hemiancistrus annectens group, [1] This group was earlier misspelled as Pterygoplichthini. [1]
Pterygoplichthys pardalis: Amberjack: Seriola: American anglerfish: Lophius americanus: American butterfish: Peprilus triacanthus: American conger: Conger oceanicus: American eel: Anguilla rostrata: Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. American fourspot flounder: Hippoglossina oblonga: American gizzard shad
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Paraná sailfin catfish) - Florida; Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Vermiculated sailfin catfish) - Florida, North Carolina; Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Orinoco sailfin catfish)- Florida; Pterygoplichthys pardalis (leopard pleco) - North Carolina; Rhinogobius brunneus (Amur goby) - Washington