Diplomystidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Diplomystidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Diplomystidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Diplomystidae
Diplomystidae, the velvet catfishes, are a family of primitive catfishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile in southern South America. It currently contains six species in two genera.
The earliest known fossils of diplomystids are indeterminate pectoral spines from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of Argentina and Bolivia.
...Diplomystidae in languages:
- Czech
- diplomystovití
- English
- Velvet Catfishes
- Russian
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