''Zungaro'' is a genus of
long-whiskered catfish
The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes).
Taxonomy
The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and know ...
es native to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
, with two recognized species :
* '
( H. von Ihering, 1898)
* ''
Zungaro zungaro''
(Humboldt Humboldt may refer to:
People
* Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
* Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt
Fictional characters
* Hu ...
, 1821) (gilded catfish)
References
Pimelodidae
Freshwater fish genera
Catfish genera
Catfish of South America
Fish described in 1858
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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