Heptapteridae

Three-barbeled catfishes

220 species

1. 1Acentronichthys fissipinnis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1911)fresh · tropical
2. 2Acentronichthys leptos Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889fresh · tropical
3. 3Brachyglanis frenatus Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
4. 4Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez, 1967fresh · tropical
5. 5Brachyglanis melas Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
6. 6Brachyglanis microphthalmus Bizerril, 1991fresh · tropical
7. 7Brachyglanis nocturnus Myers, 1928fresh · tropical
8. 8Brachyglanis phalacra Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
9. 9Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (Eigenmann, 1912)fresh · tropical
10. 10Brachyrhamdia imitator Myers, 1927fresh · tropical
11. 11Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & Black, 1985fresh · tropical
12. 12Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & Black, 1985fresh · tropical
13. 13Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (Axelrod & Burgess, 1987)fresh · tropical
14. 14Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013fresh · tropical
15. 15Cetopsorhamdia boquillae Eigenmann, 1922fresh · tropical
16. 16Cetopsorhamdia filamentosa Fowler, 1945fresh · tropical
17. 17Cetopsorhamdia iheringi Schubart & Gomes, 1959fresh · tropical
18. 18Cetopsorhamdia insidiosa (Steindachner, 1915)fresh · tropical
19. 19Cetopsorhamdia molinae Miles, 1943fresh · tropical
20. 20Cetopsorhamdia nasus Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916fresh · tropical
21. 21Cetopsorhamdia orinoco Schultz, 1944fresh · tropical
22. 22Cetopsorhamdia phantasia Stewart, 1985fresh · tropical
23. 23Cetopsorhamdia picklei Schultz, 1944fresh · tropical
24. 24Chasmocranus bleekeri (Boeseman, 1953)fresh · tropical
25. 25Chasmocranus brachynemus Gomes & Schubart, 1958fresh · tropical
26. 26Chasmocranus brevior Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
27. 27Chasmocranus chimantanus Inger, 1956fresh · tropical
28. 28Chasmocranus longior Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
29. 29Chasmocranus lopezae Miranda Ribeiro, 1968fresh · tropical
30. 30Chasmocranus peruanus Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942fresh · tropical
31. 31Chasmocranus quadrizonatus Pearson, 1937fresh · tropical
32. 32Chasmocranus rosae Eigenmann, 1922fresh · tropical
33. 33Chasmocranus surinamensis (Bleeker, 1862)fresh · tropical
34. 34Chasmocranus tapanahoniensis (Mees, 1967)fresh · tropical
35. 35Chasmocranus truncatorostris Borodin, 1927fresh · temperate
36. 36Gladioglanis anacanthus Rocha, de Oliveira & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008fresh · tropical
37. 37Gladioglanis conquistador Lundberg, Bornbusch & Mago-Leccia, 1991fresh · tropical
38. 38Gladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989fresh · tropical
39. 39Goeldiella eques (Müller & Troschel, 1849)fresh · tropical
40. 40Heptapterus carmelitanorum Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster, Katz & Azevedo-Santos, 2022 · Carmelitano catfishocean · tropical
41. 41Heptapterus carnatus Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019fresh · tropical
42. 42Heptapterus exilis Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019fresh · tropical
43. 43Heptapterus longicauda (Borodin, 1927)fresh · tropical
44. 44Heptapterus mandimbusu Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017fresh · subtropical
45. 45Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011fresh · subtropical
46. 46Heptapterus multiradiatus Ihering, 1907fresh · tropical
47. 47Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835)fresh · subtropical
48. 48Heptapterus ornaticeps Ahl, 1936fresh · tropical
49. 49Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011fresh · tropical
50. 50Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911fresh · tropical
51. 51Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988fresh · temperate
52. 52Horiomyzon retropinnatus Stewart, 1986fresh · tropical
53. 53Imparfinis cochabambae (Fowler, 1940)fresh · tropical
54. 54Imparfinis guttatus (Pearson, 1924)fresh · tropical
55. 55Imparfinis hasemani Steindachner, 1915fresh · subtropical
56. 56Imparfinis hollandi Haseman, 1911fresh · temperate
57. 57Imparfinis lineatus (Bussing, 1970)fresh · tropical
58. 58Imparfinis longicauda (Boulenger, 1887)fresh · tropical
59. 59Imparfinis microps Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916fresh · tropical
60. 60Imparfinis minutus (Lütken, 1874)fresh · tropical
61. 61Imparfinis mirini Haseman, 1911fresh · tropical
62. 62Imparfinis mishky Almirón, Casciotta, Bechara, Ruíz Díaz, Bruno, D’Ambrosio, Solimano & Soneira, 2007fresh · tropical
63. 63Imparfinis nemacheir (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916)fresh · tropical
64. 64Imparfinis parvus (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
65. 65Imparfinis pijpersi (Hoedeman, 1961)fresh · tropical
66. 66Imparfinis piperatus Eigenmann & Norris, 1900fresh · tropical
67. 67Imparfinis pristos Mees & Cala, 1989fresh · tropical
68. 68Imparfinis pseudonemacheir Mees & Cala, 1989fresh · tropical
69. 69Imparfinis schubarti (Gomes, 1956)fresh · tropical
70. 70Imparfinis spurrellii (Regan, 1913)fresh · tropical
71. 71Imparfinis stictonotus (Fowler, 1940)fresh · tropical
72. 72Imparfinis timana Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011fresh · tropical
73. 73Imparfinis usmai Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011fresh · tropical
74. 74Leptorhamdia essequibensis (Eigenmann, 1912)fresh · tropical
75. 75Leptorhamdia marmorata Myers, 1928fresh · tropical
76. 76Leptorhamdia schultzi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1964)fresh · tropical
77. 77Mastiglanis asopos Bockmann, 1994fresh · tropical
78. 78Myoglanis aspredinoides DoNascimiento & Lundberg, 2005fresh · tropical
79. 79Myoglanis koepckei Chang, 1999fresh · tropical
80. 80Myoglanis potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
81. 81Nannoglanis fasciatus Boulenger, 1887fresh · tropical
82. 82Nemuroglanis furcatus Ribeiro, Pedroza & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2011fresh · tropical
83. 83Nemuroglanis lanceolatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889fresh · tropical
84. 84Nemuroglanis mariai (Schultz, 1944)fresh · tropical
85. 85Nemuroglanis panamensis (Bussing, 1970)fresh · tropical
86. 86Nemuroglanis pauciradiatus Ferraris, 1988fresh · tropical
87. 87Pariolius armillatus Cope, 1872fresh · tropical
88. 88Phenacorhamdia anisura (Mees, 1987)fresh · tropical
89. 89Phenacorhamdia boliviana (Pearson, 1924)fresh · tropical
90. 90Phenacorhamdia cuspidata Silva, Castro, Ohara & Oliveira, 2024fresh · tropical
91. 91Phenacorhamdia hoehnei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1914)fresh · tropical
92. 92Phenacorhamdia macarenensis Dahl, 1961fresh · tropical
93. 93Phenacorhamdia nigrolineata Zarske, 1998fresh · tropical
94. 94Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008fresh · tropical
95. 95Phenacorhamdia somnians (Mees, 1974)fresh · tropical
96. 96Phenacorhamdia taphorni DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008fresh · tropical
97. 97Phenacorhamdia tenebrosa (Schubart, 1964)fresh · tropical
98. 98Phenacorhamdia tenuis (Mees, 1986)fresh · tropical
99. 99Phenacorhamdia unifasciata Britski, 1993fresh · tropical
100. 100Pimelodella altipinnis (Steindachner, 1864)fresh · tropical
101. 101Pimelodella australis Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
102. 102Pimelodella avanhandavae Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
103. 103Pimelodella bockmanni Slobodian & Pastana, 2018fresh · tropical
104. 104Pimelodella boliviana Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
105. 105Pimelodella boschmai Van der Stigchel, 1964fresh · tropical
106. 106Pimelodella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1877)fresh · tropical
107. 107Pimelodella breviceps (Kner, 1858)fresh · tropical
108. 108Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887)fresh · tropical
109. 109Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876)fresh · tropical
110. 110Pimelodella chaparae Fowler, 1940fresh · tropical
111. 111Pimelodella conquetaensis Ahl, 1925fresh · tropical
112. 112Pimelodella cristata (Müller & Troschel, 1849)fresh · tropical
113. 113Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950fresh · tropical
114. 114Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870)fresh · tropical
115. 115Pimelodella dorseyi Fowler, 1941fresh · tropical
116. 116Pimelodella eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1891)fresh · tropical
117. 117Pimelodella eigenmanniorum (Miranda Ribeiro, 1911)fresh · tropical
118. 118Pimelodella elongata (Günther, 1860)fresh · tropical
119. 119Pimelodella enochi Fowler, 1941fresh · tropical
120. 120Pimelodella eutaenia Regan, 1913fresh · tropical
121. 121Pimelodella figueroai Dahl, 1961fresh · tropical
122. 122Pimelodella geryi Hoedeman, 1961fresh · tropical
123. 123Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1835) · Graceful pimelodellafresh · tropical
124. 124Pimelodella griffini Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
125. 125Pimelodella grisea (Regan, 1903)fresh · tropical
126. 126Pimelodella guato Pierre & Slobodian, 2024fresh · tropical
127. 127Pimelodella harttii (Steindachner, 1877)fresh · tropical
128. 128Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940 · Ucayali striped pimfresh · tropical
129. 129Pimelodella hasemani Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
130. 130Pimelodella howesi Fowler, 1940fresh · tropical
131. 131Pimelodella humeralis Slobodian, Akama & Dutra, 2017fresh · tropical
132. 132Pimelodella ignobilis (Steindachner, 1907)fresh · tropical
133. 133Pimelodella itapicuruensis Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
134. 134Pimelodella kronei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) · Blind catfishfresh
135. 135Pimelodella lateristriga (Lichtenstein, 1823)fresh · tropical
136. 136Pimelodella laticeps Eigenmann, 1917fresh · subtropical
137. 137Pimelodella laurenti Fowler, 1941fresh · tropical
138. 138Pimelodella leptosoma (Fowler, 1914)fresh · tropical
139. 139Pimelodella linami Schultz, 1944fresh · tropical
140. 140Pimelodella longibarbata Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020fresh · tropical
141. 141Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927)fresh · tropical
142. 142Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943)fresh · tropical
143. 143Pimelodella macturki Eigenmann, 1912fresh · brackish · tropical
144. 144Pimelodella martinezi Fernández-Yépez, 1970fresh · tropical
145. 145Pimelodella meeki Eigenmann, 1910fresh · tropical
146. 146Pimelodella megalops Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
147. 147Pimelodella megalura Miranda Ribeiro, 1918fresh · tropical
148. 148Pimelodella metae Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
149. 149Pimelodella modestus (Günther, 1860)fresh · tropical
150. 150Pimelodella montana Allen, 1942fresh · tropical
151. 151Pimelodella mucosa Eigenmann & Ward, 1907fresh · tropical
152. 152Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Perugia, 1897)fresh · tropical
153. 153Pimelodella notomelas Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
154. 154Pimelodella odynea Schultz, 1944fresh · tropical
155. 155Pimelodella ophthalmica (Cope, 1878)fresh · tropical
156. 156Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961fresh · tropical
157. 157Pimelodella papariae (Fowler, 1941)fresh · tropical
158. 158Pimelodella pappenheimi Ahl, 1925fresh · tropical
159. 159Pimelodella parnahybae Fowler, 1941fresh · tropical
160. 160Pimelodella parva Güntert, 1942fresh · tropical
161. 161Pimelodella pectinifer Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888fresh · tropical
162. 162Pimelodella peruana Eigenmann & Myers, 1942fresh · tropical
163. 163Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915fresh · tropical
164. 164Pimelodella procera Mees, 1983fresh · tropical
165. 165Pimelodella rendahli Ahl, 1925fresh · tropical
166. 166Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964fresh · tropical
167. 167Pimelodella robinsoni (Fowler, 1941)fresh · tropical
168. 168Pimelodella roccae Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
169. 169Pimelodella rudolphi Miranda Ribeiro, 1918fresh · tropical
170. 170Pimelodella serrata Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
171. 171Pimelodella spelaea Trajano, Reis & Bichuette, 2004fresh · tropical
172. 172Pimelodella steindachneri Eigenmann, 1917fresh · tropical
173. 173Pimelodella taeniophora (Regan, 1903)fresh · tropical
174. 174Pimelodella taenioptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1914fresh · tropical
175. 175Pimelodella tapatapae Eigenmann, 1920fresh · tropical
176. 176Pimelodella transitoria Miranda Ribeiro, 1907fresh · tropical
177. 177Pimelodella vittata (Lütken, 1874)fresh · tropical
178. 178Pimelodella wesselii (Steindachner, 1877)fresh · tropical
179. 179Pimelodella witmeri Fowler, 1941fresh · tropical
180. 180Pimelodella wolfi (Fowler, 1941)fresh · tropical
181. 181Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902fresh · tropical
182. 182Rhamdella aymarae Miquelarena & Menni, 1999fresh · subtropical
183. 183Rhamdella cainguae Bockmann & Miquelarena, 2008fresh · subtropical
184. 184Rhamdella eriarcha (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)fresh · tropical
185. 185Rhamdella exsudans (Jenyns, 1842)fresh · tropical
186. 186Rhamdella jenynsii (Günther, 1864)fresh · tropical
187. 187Rhamdella longiuscula Lucena & da Silva, 1991fresh · temperate
188. 188Rhamdella montana Eigenmann, 1913fresh · tropical
189. 189Rhamdella rusbyi Pearson, 1924fresh · tropical
190. 190Rhamdella zelimai Reis, Malabarba & Lucena, 2014fresh · tropical
191. 191Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821)fresh · tropical
192. 192Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860)fresh · tropical
193. 193Rhamdia enfurnada Bichuette & Trajano, 2005fresh · tropical
194. 194Rhamdia foina (Müller & Troschel, 1849)fresh · tropical
195. 195Rhamdia guasarensis DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004fresh · tropical
196. 196Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) · Pale catfishfresh · tropical
197. 197Rhamdia humilis (Günther, 1864)fresh · tropical
198. 198Rhamdia itacaiunas Silfvergrip, 1996fresh · tropical
199. 199Rhamdia jequitinhonha Silfvergrip, 1996fresh · tropical
200. 200Rhamdia laluchensis Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003 · La Lucha blind catfishfresh · tropical
201. 201Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1858) · Filespine chulínfresh · tropical
202. 202Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858fresh · tropical
203. 203Rhamdia macuspanensis Weber & Wilkens, 1998 · Olmec blind catfishfresh · tropical
204. 204Rhamdia muelleri (Günther, 1864)fresh · tropical
205. 205Rhamdia nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)fresh · tropical
206. 206Rhamdia parryi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 · Tonala catfishfresh · tropical
207. 207Rhamdia poeyi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888fresh · tropical
208. 208Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · South American catfishfresh · tropical
209. 209Rhamdia reddelli Miller, 1984 · Blind whiskered catfishfresh · tropical
210. 210Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl, 1941ocean · tropical
211. 211Rhamdia schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858fresh · tropical
212. 212Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821)fresh · tropical
213. 213Rhamdia xetequepeque Silfvergrip, 1996fresh · tropical
214. 214Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993 · Zongolica catfishfresh · tropical
215. 215Rhamdioglanis frenatus Ihering, 1907fresh · tropical
216. 216Rhamdioglanis transfasciatus Miranda Ribeiro, 1908fresh · tropical
217. 217Rhamdiopsis krugi Bockmann & Castro, 2010fresh · tropical
218. 218Rhamdiopsis microcephala (Lütken, 1874)fresh · tropical
219. 219Rhamdiopsis moreirai Haseman, 1911fresh · tropical
220. 220Taunayia bifasciata (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.