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Siluriformes

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Noun1.Siluriformes - an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
animal order - the order of animals
Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
family Siluridae, Siluridae - Old World catfishes
Ameiuridae, family Ameiuridae - North American catfishes
Ariidae, family Ariidae - sea catfishes


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Rondineli (2007) estimou fecundidades absolutas baixas para diversas espécies de peixes Siluriformes de porte pequeno do rio Passa Cinco, sub-bacia do Corumbataí--Estado de São Paulo, encontrando os seguintes valores: para Trichomycterus sp.
Catfish TOPICS: Catfish are any of about 31 families and 2,000 species of fish belonging to the order Siluriformes, most of which are found in freshwater.
valenciennesi Jordan, greater N redhorse Order Siluriformes (bullhead and catfish) Family Ictaluridae (bullhead and catfish) Ameriurus catus (Linnaeus), white S catfish A.
 
 
 
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