| Rhyacoglanis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pseudopimelodidae |
| Genus: | Rhyacoglanis Shibatta & Vari, 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus pulcher Boulenger, 1887 | |
Rhyacoglanis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae.
Species
There are 9 species in the database, and the other 3 haven't been described, so they won't be included.
- Rhyacoglanis annulatus Shibatta & Vari, 2017
- Rhyacoglanis beninei Crispim-Rodrigues, Silva, Shibatta, Kuranaka & Oliveira, 2023
- Rhyacoglanis epiblepsis Shibatta & Vari, 2017
- Rhyacoglanis paranensis Shibatta & Vari, 2017
- Rhyacoglanis pulcher (Boulenger, 1887)
- Rhyacoglanis rapppydanielae Shibatta, Rocha & Oliveira, 2021
- Rhyacoglanis seminiger Shibatta & Vari, 2017
- Rhyacoglanis varii Shibatta & Souza-Shibatta, 2023
- Rhyacoglanis variolosus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1914)
Identification
Rhyacoglanis is distinguished from other Pseudopimelodidae by three synapomorphies: the presence of a light blotch on the cheek; a connection between the middle of the dark caudal-fin stripe and the dark caudal-peduncle pigmentation; and 30–35 total vertebrae.
Distribution
Rhyacoglanis genus is widely distributed in the cis-Andean portions of South America, mainly in the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, Paraguay, and lower rio Tocantins basins.
References
- ^ "Rhyacoglanis Shibatta & Vari, 2017". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "The genus Rhyacoglanis". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- Oscar Akio Shibatta and Lenice Souza-Shibatta. 2023. New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins Basin. Neotrop. ichthyol. 21(1); DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0075
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rhyacoglanis | |