Rhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes found in Mexico, Central and South America. These catfishes are nocturnal, opportunistic carnivores, found in a wide range of freshwater habitats.[1] This genus includes a number of troglobitic members, encompassing a number of taxa, including R. enfurnada, R. guasarensis, R. laluchensis, R. laticauda, R. macuspanensis, R. quelen, R. reddelli and R. zongolicensis.[1][2] In a few of these only some of their populations are troglobitic.[1][2]
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| Rhamdia quelen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Heptapteridae |
| Genus: | Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus sebae G. Cuvier, 1829
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Caecorhamdia Norman, 1926 | |
Species edit
There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:
- Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821)
- Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911[3]
- Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860)[4]
- Rhamdia enfurnada Bichuette & Trajano, 2005
- Rhamdia foina (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)
- Rhamdia guasarensis DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
- Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)[4]
- Rhamdia humilis (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia itacaiunas Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia jequitinhonha Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia laluchensis A. Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003 (La Lucha blind catfish)
- Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1858) (File-spine chulín)
- Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858
- Rhamdia macuspanensis A. Weber & Wilkens, 1998 (Olmec blind catfish)
- Rhamdia muelleri (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
- Rhamdia parryi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 (Tonala catfish)
- Rhamdia poeyi C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
- Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Silver catfish)
- Rhamdia reddelli R. R. Miller, 1984 (Blind-whiskered catfish)
- Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl (de), 1941[4]
- Rhamdia schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858
- Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821)
- Rhamdia voulezi Haseman, 1911[3]
- Rhamdia xetequepeque Silfvergrip, 1996
- Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993 (Zongolica catfish)
References edit
- ^ a b c Bichuette, M.E.; Trajano, E. (2005). "A new cave species of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (4): 587–595. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252005000400016.
- ^ a b Bockmann; and Castro (2010). The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 8(4). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000400001
- ^ a b Garavello, J.C. & Shibatta, O.A. (2016): Reappraisal of Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911 and R. voulezi Haseman, 1911 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the rio Iguaçu with notes on their morphometry and karyotype. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e140111.
- ^ a b c Hernández, C.L.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Sánchez-Garcés, G.C.; Alford, M.H. (2015). "Genetic and Morphometric Evidence for the Recognition of Several Recently Synonymized Species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 103 (3): 563–579. doi:10.1643/ci-14-145.
External links edit
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