Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae Pencil or parasitic catfishes
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Cambeva

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27 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cambeva atrobrunnea South America 7.0 SL 2024
Cambeva babilonica South America 4.4 SL 2025
Cambeva barbosae South America 7.2 SL 2021
Cambeva botuvera South America 7.2 SL 2021
Cambeva capetinga South America 4.6 SL 2025
Cambeva capitoliensis South America 5.5 SL 2025
Cambeva chrysornata South America 9.5 SL 2023
Cambeva damnata South America 5.4 SL 2024
Cambeva davisi South America 20.8 SL 1911
Cambeva difficilis South America 8.1 SL 2024
Cambeva diffusa South America 1.1 SL 2021
Cambeva duplimaculata South America 8.3 SL 2021
Cambeva galactica South America 10.8 SL 2024
Cambeva grisea South America 4.6 SL 2021
Cambeva imaruhy South America 6.1 SL 2021
Cambeva luteoreticulata South America 8.2 SL 2024
Cambeva occidentalis South America 4.6 SL 2025
Cambeva orbitofrontalis South America 5.7 SL 2021
Cambeva panthera South America 6.7 SL 2021
Cambeva pascuali South America 4.9 SL 2017
Cambeva pericoh South America 9.7 SL 2021
Cambeva perobana South America 7.6 SL 2024
Cambeva piraquara South America 6.1 SL 2023
Cambeva podostemophila South America 7.6 SL 2023
Cambeva rotundipinna South America 7.8 SL 2024
Cambeva tourensis South America 6.4 SL 2023
Cambeva ytororo South America 10.7 SL 2017



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