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Cephalosilurus

Cephalosilurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pseudopimelodidae
Genus: Cephalosilurus
Haseman, 1911
Type species
Cephalosilurus fowleri
Haseman 1911

Cephalosilurus is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae. The genus was first described in 1911.

In 2021, it was considered a junior synonym of Lophiosilurus.[1]

  1. ^ Shibatta, Oscar A.; Jarduli, Lucas R.; Abrahão, Vitor P.; Souza-Shibatta, Lenice (2021). "Phylogeny of the Neotropical Pacman catfish genus Lophiosilurus (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 19 (4). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0040. ISSN 1982-0224.

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