Family Cetopsidae - Whale catfishes
  Order
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Cetopsidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 5 | Species : 43 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
  Division
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Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Whalelike catfishes occur in South America. Body naked. Barbels 3 pairs; nasal barbels absent. Adipose fin absent. Swim bladder extemely small, contained in a bony capsule. Includes now the Helogeneidae (Marbled catfishes).
  Etymology
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Greek, ketos, whale, marine monster + Greek, ops = similar to ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Siluriphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | | Cetopsidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Cetopsidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Cetopsinae
Cetopsis coecutiens (Lichtenstein, 1819)
acceptedseniornew
Silurus coecutiens Lichtenstein, 1819
synonymseniororiginal
Silurus caecutiens Günther, 1864
ambiguousotheroriginal
Cetopsis candiru Spix & Agassiz, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
Hemicetopsis candiru (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsis spixii Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Silurus pygmaeus Natterer, 1858
ambiguousotheroriginal
Cetopsis chalmersi Norman, 1926
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Cetopsis plumbea Steindachner, 1882
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cetopsis plumbeus Steindachner, 1882
synonymseniororiginal
Hemicetopsis plumbeus (Steindachner, 1882)
synonymseniornew
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus (Steindachner, 1882)
synonymseniornew
! Pseudocetopsis plumbea (Steindachner, 1882)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsis macroteronema Boulenger, 1898
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
! Pseudocetopsis macropteronema (Boulenger, 1898)
synonymjuniornew
Cetopsis othonops (Eigenmann, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
Hemicetopsis othonops Eigenmann, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Pseudocetopsis othonops (Eigenmann, 1912)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsis amphiloxa (Eigenmann, 1914)
acceptedseniornew
Hemicetopsis amphiloxus Eigenmann, 1914
synonymseniororiginal
Pseudocetopsis amphiloxa (Eigenmann, 1914)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsis jurubidae (Fowler, 1944)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Cetopsis motatanensis (Schultz, 1944)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniorchange in rank
Cetopsis orinoco (Schultz, 1944)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniorchange in rank
Cetopsis baudoensis (Dahl, 1960)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Cetopsis oliveirai (Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994)
acceptedseniornew
Bathycetopsis oliveirai Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994
synonymseniororiginal
Cetopsis parma Oliveira, Vari & Ferraris, 2001
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis arcana Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis caiapo Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis fimbriata Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis montana Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis pearsoni Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis sandrae Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis sarcodes Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis starnesi Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis umbrosa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsis aspis Abrahão, Mol & de Pinna, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsidium orientale (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)
acceptedseniornew
Pseudocetopsis orientale Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003
synonymseniororiginal
Cetopsidium minutum (Eigenmann, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
Hemicetopsis minutus Eigenmann, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Pseudocetopsis minuta (Eigenmann, 1912)
synonymseniornew
Pseudocetopsis minutus (Eigenmann, 1912)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsidium morenoi (Fernández-Yépez, 1972)
acceptedseniornew
Hemicetopsis morenoi Fernández-Yépez, 1972
synonymseniororiginal
Pseudocetopsis morenoi (Fernández-Yépez, 1972)
synonymseniornew
Cetopsidium ferreirai Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsidium pemon Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsidium roae Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Cetopsidium soniae Vari & Ferraris, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker, 1862
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Cetopsis occidentalis Steindachner, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal
Cetopsogiton occidentalis (Steindachner, 1880)
synonymjuniornew
Paracetopsis atahualpa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Paracetopsis esmeraldas Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Denticetopsis sauli Ferraris, 1996
acceptedseniororiginal
Denticetopsis macilenta (Eigenmann, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
Hemicetopsis macilentus Eigenmann, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Pseudocetopsis macilentus (Eigenmann, 1912)
synonymseniornew
! Pseudocetopsis macilenta (Eigenmann, 1912)
synonymseniornew
Denticetopsis praecox (Ferraris & Brown, 1991)
acceptedseniornew
Pseudocetopsis praecox Ferraris & Brown, 1991
synonymseniororiginal
Denticetopsis royeroi Ferraris, 1996
acceptedseniororiginal
Denticetopsis epa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Denticetopsis iwokrama Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Denticetopsis seducta Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Helogeninae
Helogenes marmoratus Günther, 1863
acceptedseniororiginal
Helogenes amazonae Delsman, 1941
synonymjuniororiginal
Helogenes unidorsalis Glodek & Carter, 1978
synonymjuniororiginal
Helogenes castaneus (Dahl, 1960)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Helogenes uruyensis Fernández-Yépez, 1967
acceptedseniorchange in rank
Helogenes marmoratus uruyensis Fernández-Yépez, 1967
synonymseniororiginal
Helogenes gouldingi Vari & Ortega, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
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