Leptorhamdia

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

Leptorhamdia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Leptorhamdia
C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
Type species
Leptoglanis essequibensis
Eigenmann 1912

Species

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

  • Leptorhamdia essequibensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
  • Leptorhamdia marmorata G. S. Myers, 1928
  • Leptorhamdia schultzi (P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1964)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Leptorhamdia in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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