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Rhamdia
Rhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes found in Mexico, Central and South America. These catfishes are nocturnal, opportunistic carnivores, found in a wide range of freshwater habitats. This genus includes a number of troglobitic members, encompassing a number of taxa, including R. enfurnada, R. guasarensis, R. laluchensis, R. laticauda, R. macuspanensis, R. quelen, R. reddelli and R. zongolicensis. In a few of these only some of their populations are troglobitic.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 27 known species
Pale Catfish
speciesRhamdia guatemalensis
Silver Catfish
speciesRhamdia quelen
Dusky Three-bearded Catfish
speciesRhamdia nicaraguensis
Rock Catfish
speciesRhamdia laticauda
Rhamdia cinerascens
speciesRhamdia cinerascens
Rhamdia saijaensis
speciesRhamdia saijaensis
Rhamdia poeyi
speciesRhamdia poeyi
Rhamdia laluchensis
speciesRhamdia laluchensis
Rhamdia gabrielae
speciesRhamdia gabrielae
Rhamdia eurycephala
speciesRhamdia eurycephala
Rhamdia schomburgkii
speciesRhamdia schomburgkii
Rhamdia foina
speciesRhamdia foina
Rhamdia laukidi
speciesRhamdia laukidi
Rhamdia muelleri
speciesRhamdia muelleri
Rhamdia branneri
speciesRhamdia branneri
Rhamdia guasarensis
speciesRhamdia guasarensis
Rhamdia humilis
speciesRhamdia humilis
Rhamdia jequitinhonha
speciesRhamdia jequitinhonha
Rhamdia parvus
speciesRhamdia parvus
Olmec Blind Catfish
speciesRhamdia macuspanensis
Rhamdia voulezi
speciesRhamdia voulezi
Rhamdia zongolicensis
speciesRhamdia zongolicensis
Blindwhiskered Catfish
speciesRhamdia reddelli
Rhamdia xetequepeque
speciesRhamdia xetequepeque
Rhamdia enfurnada
speciesRhamdia enfurnada
Rhamdia itacaiunas
speciesRhamdia itacaiunas
Tonala Catfish
speciesRhamdia parryi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 91698.