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Helogenes
| Helogenes | |
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| Helogenes marmoratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Cetopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Helogeneinae Regan, 1911 |
| Genus: | Helogenes Günther, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Helogenes marmoratus Günther, 1863
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| Synonyms | |
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Leyvaichthys Dahl, 1960 | |
Helogenes is a genus of whale catfish found in tropical South America.
Helogeneinae is the sister taxon of Cetopsinae, the other subfamily in the family Cetopsidae.[1]
- ^ Vari, Richard P.; Ferraris, Carl J.; de Pinna, Mário C. C. (2005). "The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (2): 127–238. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200001.
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