Genera of Catfishes

Families

Family
Subfamily

with genus

Genus
 
Length (total)
Body
height
dorsal
fin
soft
rays
Adi
pose
 
Ageneiosus
Lacépède, 1803
Delphinwelse
Ageneiosus
65
very height
6
 
Asterophysus
Kner, 1858

Asterophysus
35
 
5
 
Auchenipterichthys
Bleeker, 1862

Auchenipterichthys
20
 
 
yes
Auchenipterus
Valenciennes, 18

Auchenipterus
33
 
 
 
Entomocorus
Eigenmann, 1917

Entomocorus
10
 
 
 
Epapterus
Cope, 1878

Epapterus
17
 
 
 
Liosomadoras
Fowler, 1940

Liosomadoras
30
 
6
yes
Parauchenipterus
Bleeker, 1862

Parauchenipterus
23
 
 
 
Pseudauchenipterus
Bleeker, 1862

Pseudauchenipterus
30
 
 
 
Pseudepapterus
Steindachner, 1915

Pseudepapterus
13
 
 
 
Pseudotatia
Mees, 1974

Pseudotatia
10
 
 
 
Spinipterus
Akama & Ferraris, 2011

Spinipterus
12
 
 
 
Tetranematichthys
Bleeker, 1858
Blatt-Delfinwelse
Tetranematichthys
25
very height
 
 
Tocantinsia
Mees, 1974

Tocantinsia
42
 
 
 
Trachelyichthys
Mees, 1974

Trachelyichthys
12
 
 
 
Trachelyopterichthys
18
 
 
 
Trachelyopterus
Valenciennes, 1840

Trachelyopterus
33
 
 
 
Trachycorystes
Bleeker , 1858

Trachycorystes
50
 
4
yes
Tympanopleura
Eigenmann (Walsh et.al.), 1912

Tympanopleura
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
Erlend D Bertelsen
6
anonym
7
Devya Hemraj
8
Samuel Benn
9
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
12, 14, 15, 16
Luís Schiesari (CC BY-NC 3.0)
17
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