Taunayia

Miranda Ribeiro, 1918

Type species: Taunayia bifasciata

Classification

Family

Heptapteridae

Subfamily

Heptapterinae

Tribe

Heptapterini

Synonyms

Length (total)

approx. 7 cm

Fins

Taunayia - overview of fins

Taunayia - Overview of the natural diet

Distribution

Brazil (2)

Taunayia - overview of habitats

Similar Genus

Internet sources

Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10, P. 642)
Silva, G.S.C.; Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Ochoa, L.E.; Bockmann, F.A.; Sabaj, M.H.; Jerep, F.C.; Foresti, F.; Benine, R.C. & Oliveira, C., 2021 "Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes)" (abstract) (Zoologica Scripta)

Species

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Taunayia bifasciata
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900

Brazil
Oberer Rio Paraíba do Sul-, Rio Tietê-Einzug
(São Paulo)
IUCN: vulnerable

unknown

Taunayia sp. "Toca do Gonçalo"

Brazil
caverna Toca do Gonçalo
(Bahia)

Trajano, E. & Bockmann, F.A., 2000 "Ecology and behaviour of a new cave catfish of the genus Taunayia from northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)"

26 - 27

unknown

2 entries found.

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California Academy of Sciences (CCO (PD))

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