Genera of Catfishes

Families

Family
Subfamily

with genus

Genus
 
Length (total)
Body
height
dorsal
fin
soft
rays
Adi
pose
 
Corumbataia
Britski, 1997

Corumbataia
8
 
7
no
Curculionichthys
Roxo, da Costa e Silva, Orrego & Oliveira, 2015

Curculionichthys
4
 
7 - 8
 
Epactionotus
Reis & Schaefer, 1998

Epactionotus
5
 
 
 
Eurycheilichthys
Reis & Schaefer, 1992

Eurycheilichthys
9
 
 
no
7 soft rays in the pectoral fin
Gymnotocinclus
Carvalho, Lehmann, Reis, 2008

Gymnotocinclus
8
normal
7
no
Hisonotus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Hisonotus
7
very flat
(6 - ) 7
no
Microlepidogaster
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Hisonotus
Microlepidogaster
8
 
6 - 7
no
Otothyris
Myers, 1927

Otothyris
4
 
7
no
Otothyropsis
Ribeiro, Carvalho & Melo, 2005

Otothyropsis
6
 
 
 
Parotocinclus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Parotocinclus
8
 
6 - 7
yes
Pseudotocinclus
Nichols, 1919

Pseudotocinclus
8
 
(6 - ) 7
no
Pseudotothyris
Britski & Garavello, 1984

Pseudotothyris
5
 
(6 - ) 7
no
Rhinolekos
F. de Oliveira Martins & F. Langeani, 2011

Rhinolekos
6
flat
6 - 7
no
Rhinotocinclus
Reis & Lehmann, 2022

Rhinotocinclus
5
 
 
yes
Schizolecis
Britski & Garavello, 1984

Schizolecis
5
height
 
no
15 entries found
Many thanks to
for the pictures
A.R. Manzotti (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1
Manzotti, Angelo Rodrigo (CC BY-NC 3.0)
2
Roberto E. Reis (CC BY 4.0)
3
Tiago Carvalho (CC BY-NC 3.0)
4
Ingo Seidel
5, 9
Bárbara B. Calegari (CC BY-NC 3.0)
6, 8
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
7
A.K. Takako, C. Oliveira & O.T. Oyakawa (CC BY-NC 4.0)
10
Hans-Georg Evers
11, 14
Martins & Langeani (CC BY-NC 4.0)
12
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