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Aspredinidae (Bratpfannenwelse)
Astroblepidae (Kletterwelse)
Auchenipteridae (Falsche Dornwelse)
Cetopsidae (Walwelse)
Doradidae (Dornwelse)
Heptapteridae (Heptapteridae)
Loricariidae (Harnischwelse)
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Scoloplacidae (Stachligen Zwergwelse)
Trichomycteridae (Schmerlenwelse)
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Auchenipterinae
Centromochlinae
with genus
Genus
Length (total)
Body
height
dorsal
fin
soft
rays
Adi
pose
Ageneiosus
Lacépède, 1803
Delphinwelse
65
very height
6
Asterophysus
Kner, 1858
35
5
Auchenipterichthys
Bleeker, 1862
20
yes
Auchenipterus
Valenciennes, 18
33
Entomocorus
Eigenmann, 1917
10
Epapterus
Cope, 1878
17
Liosomadoras
Fowler, 1940
30
6
yes
Parauchenipterus
Bleeker, 1862
23
Pseudauchenipterus
Bleeker, 1862
30
Pseudepapterus
Steindachner, 1915
13
Pseudotatia
Mees, 1974
10
Spinipterus
Akama & Ferraris, 2011
12
Tetranematichthys
Bleeker, 1858
Blatt-Delfinwelse
25
very height
Tocantinsia
Mees, 1974
42
Trachelyichthys
Mees, 1974
12
Trachelyopterichthys
Bleeker, 1862
18
Trachelyopterus
Valenciennes, 1840
33
Trachycorystes
Bleeker , 1858
50
4
yes
Tympanopleura
Eigenmann (Walsh et.al.), 1912
20
6
yes
19 entries found
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Robert Eckert
2
Thorke A.S. Østergaard (
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
3
J. Black
4
P. Habluetzel
(
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
5
Erlend D Bertelsen
6
anonym
7
Devya Hemraj
8
Samuel Benn
9
The Field Museum - Michael W. Littmann
(
CC BY-NC 4.0
)
10
B.B. Calegari, A. Akama & R.E. Reis
(
CC BY 4.0
)
11
Leandro Sousa (
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
12, 14, 15, 16
California Academy of Sciences
(
CCO (PD)
)
13
Luís Schiesari (
CC BY-NC 3.0
)
17
Walsh, Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel
(
CC BY-NC 4.0
)
18
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