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Cetopsidium ferreirai — Fig. 1. Vari, Ferraris Jr, de Pinna, 2005 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Fig. 1. Vari, Ferraris Jr, de Pinna, 2005 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

IUCN NT · Near threatened

Whale catfish

Cetopsidium ferreirai Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005

First described in: Vari, R. P.; Ferraris, C. J., Jr.; de Pinna, M. C. C. (2005). The neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. <em>Neotropical Ichthyology.</em> 3(2): 127-238.

Cetopsidium ferreirai is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. This species is endemic to Brazil where it is known from the Trombetas River in Pará, it has also been recorded from the Uatumã River in Amazonas. It may be more widespread than is known. C. ferreirae is threatened by hydroelectric dams.

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