Amaralia
| Amaralia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Aspredinidae |
| Subfamily: | Aspredininae |
| Genus: | Fowler, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Bunocephalus hypsiurus Kner, 1855 | |
Amaralia is a genus of catfish of the family Aspredinidae native to Amazon and Paraná-Paraguay basin. These species appear to be specialized to feed on the eggs of other catfishes; eggs found in Amaralia stomachs are thought to be those of loricariids.[1]
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
- Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855)
- Amaralia oviraptor Friel & Carvalho, 2016 [2]
References
- ^ Friel, J.P. (1994). "A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (PDF). Duke University, Durham, NC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Friel, J.P. & Carvalho, T.P. (2016): A new species of Amaralia Fowler (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Paraná-Paraguay River Basin. Zootaxa, 4088 (4): 531–546.