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GBIF·2340564speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyAspredinidae
  5. ›genusXyliphius
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Banjo Catfish

Xyliphius lepturus Orcés V., 1962

Also calledGuitarrita (spa) · širokohlavec bobonazanský (ces)

First described in: Orcés, V. G. (1962). Dos nuevos peces del género Xyliphius. <em>Ciencia y Naturaleza (Quito).</em> 5 (2): 50-54, 1 pl. [English summary.].

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2340564.