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GBIF·2340616speciesAnimalia618 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyAspredinidae
  5. ›genusBunocephalus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Banjo Catfish

Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann, 1912

Also calledGuitarrita (spa)

First described in: Eigenmann, C. H. (1912). The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. <em>Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

Uso

Uso a nivel regional (Orinoquia): ornamental (Ajiaco-Martínez et al. 2012)

Peces de la cuenca del río Pauto, Orinoquia colombiana

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2340616.