Zungaro

Zungaro is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America, with two recognized species as of 2018:[3][4]

  • Zungaro jahu (Ihering, 1898)
  • Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821) (gilded catfish)

Zungaro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Zungaro
Bleeker, 1858[1][2][3]
Type species
Zungaro humboldtii[3]
Bleeker, 1858
Synonyms[3]
  • Paulicea Ihering, 1898

References
  1. Bleeker, P. (1858). Siluri. Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus. Batavia: Lange. p. 196. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034372956.
  2. Bleeker, P. (2009). Translated by Oijen, M.J.P. van; Loots, G.M.P.; Limburg, F.J.G. "A precursor of the fishes of the Indian Archipelago. Part 1: Siluri". Zoologische Mededelingen. 83: 173. ISSN 0024-0672.
  3. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418. Auckland: Magnolia Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-86977-058-7.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Zungaro in FishBase. April 2018 version.


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