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Heptapterus
Heptapterus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Heptapterus mustelinus
speciesHeptapterus mustelinus

Heptapterus mandimbusu
speciesHeptapterus mandimbusu

Heptapterus sympterygium
speciesHeptapterus sympterygium

Heptapterus mbya
speciesHeptapterus mbya

Heptapterus tapanahoniensis
speciesHeptapterus tapanahoniensis
Heptapterus fissipinnis
speciesHeptapterus fissipinnis
Heptapterus ornaticeps
speciesHeptapterus ornaticeps
Heptapterus qenqo
speciesHeptapterus qenqo
Heptapterus exilis
speciesHeptapterus exilis
Heptapterus hollandi
speciesHeptapterus hollandi
Heptapterus carmelitanorum
speciesHeptapterus carmelitanorum
Heptapterus longicauda
speciesHeptapterus longicauda
Heptapterus bleekeri
speciesHeptapterus bleekeri
Heptapterus carnatus
speciesHeptapterus carnatus
Heptapterus stewarti
speciesHeptapterus stewarti
Heptapterus panamensis
speciesHeptapterus panamensis
Heptapterus multiradiatus
speciesHeptapterus multiradiatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88847.