Brachyrhamdia

Brachyrhamdia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Brachyrhamdia G. S. Myers, 1927
Type species
Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
Species
See text.

Brachyrhamdia is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

• Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Brachyrhamdia imitator G. S. Myers, 1927
• Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
• Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & B. K. Black, 1985
• Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (H. R. Axelrod & W. E. Burgess, 1987)
• Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brachyrhamdia". FishBase. June 2013 version.
2. Slobodian, V. & Bockmann, F.A. (2013): A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 1–22.