218 Species in Family Heptapteridae
Nominal species list for Heptapteridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acentronichthys fissipinnis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1911)
Acentronichthys leptos Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Brachyglanis frenatus Eigenmann, 1912
Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez, 1967
Brachyglanis melas Eigenmann, 1912
Brachyglanis microphthalmus Bizerril, 1991
Brachyglanis nocturnus Myers, 1928
Brachyglanis phalacra Eigenmann, 1912
Brachyrhamdia heteropleura (Eigenmann, 1912)
Brachyrhamdia imitator Myers, 1927
Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & Black, 1985
Brachyrhamdia meesi Sands & Black, 1985
Brachyrhamdia rambarrani (Axelrod & Burgess, 1987)
Brachyrhamdia thayeria Slobodian & Bockmann, 2013
Cetopsorhamdia boquillae Eigenmann, 1922
Cetopsorhamdia filamentosa Fowler, 1945
Cetopsorhamdia iheringi Schubart & Gomes, 1959
Cetopsorhamdia insidiosa (Steindachner, 1915)
Cetopsorhamdia molinae Miles, 1943
Cetopsorhamdia nasus Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916
Cetopsorhamdia orinoco Schultz, 1944
Cetopsorhamdia phantasia Stewart, 1985
Cetopsorhamdia picklei Schultz, 1944
Chasmocranus bleekeri (Boeseman, 1953)
Chasmocranus brachynemus Gomes & Schubart, 1958
Chasmocranus brevior Eigenmann, 1912
Chasmocranus chimantanus Inger, 1956
Chasmocranus longior Eigenmann, 1912
Chasmocranus lopezae Miranda Ribeiro, 1968
Chasmocranus peruanus Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
Chasmocranus quadrizonatus Pearson, 1937
Chasmocranus rosae Eigenmann, 1922
Chasmocranus surinamensis (Bleeker, 1862)
Chasmocranus tapanahoniensis (Mees, 1967)
Chasmocranus truncatorostris Borodin, 1927
Gladioglanis anacanthus Rocha, de Oliveira & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008
Gladioglanis conquistador Lundberg, Bornbusch & Mago-Leccia, 1991
Gladioglanis machadoi Ferraris & Mago-Leccia, 1989
Goeldiella eques (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
Heptapterus multiradiatus Ihering, 1907
Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Heptapterus ornaticeps Ahl, 1936
Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011
Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911
Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988
Heptapterus carmelitanorum Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster, Katz & Azevedo-Santos, 2022 Carmelitano catfish
Heptapterus carnatus Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019
Heptapterus exilis Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019
Heptapterus longicauda (Borodin, 1927)
Heptapterus mandimbusu Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017
Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011
Horiomyzon retropinnatus Stewart, 1986
Imparfinis cochabambae (Fowler, 1940)
Imparfinis guttatus (Pearson, 1924)
Imparfinis hasemani Steindachner, 1915
Imparfinis hollandi Haseman, 1911
Imparfinis lineatus (Bussing, 1970)
Imparfinis longicauda (Boulenger, 1887)
Imparfinis microps Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916
Imparfinis minutus (Lütken, 1874)
Imparfinis mirini Haseman, 1911
Imparfinis mishky Almirón, Casciotta, Bechara, Ruíz Díaz, Bruno, D’Ambrosio, Solimano & Soneira, 2007
Imparfinis nemacheir (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1916)
Imparfinis parvus (Boulenger, 1898)
Imparfinis pijpersi (Hoedeman, 1961)
Imparfinis piperatus Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
Imparfinis pristos Mees & Cala, 1989
Imparfinis pseudonemacheir Mees & Cala, 1989
Imparfinis schubarti (Gomes, 1956)
Imparfinis spurrellii (Regan, 1913)
Imparfinis stictonotus (Fowler, 1940)
Imparfinis timana Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011
Imparfinis usmai Ortega-Lara, Milani, DoNascimiento, Villa-Navarro & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2011
Leptorhamdia essequibensis (Eigenmann, 1912)
Leptorhamdia marmorata Myers, 1928
Leptorhamdia schultzi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1964)
Mastiglanis asopos Bockmann, 1994
Myoglanis aspredinoides DoNascimiento & Lundberg, 2005
Myoglanis koepckei Chang, 1999
Myoglanis potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912
Nannoglanis fasciatus Boulenger, 1887
Nemuroglanis furcatus Ribeiro, Pedroza & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2011
Nemuroglanis lanceolatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Nemuroglanis mariai (Schultz, 1944)
Nemuroglanis panamensis (Bussing, 1970)
Nemuroglanis pauciradiatus Ferraris, 1988
Pariolius armillatus Cope, 1872
Phenacorhamdia anisura (Mees, 1987)
Phenacorhamdia boliviana (Pearson, 1924)
Phenacorhamdia hoehnei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1914)
Phenacorhamdia macarenensis Dahl, 1961
Phenacorhamdia nigrolineata Zarske, 1998
Phenacorhamdia provenzanoi DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
Phenacorhamdia somnians (Mees, 1974)
Phenacorhamdia taphorni DoNascimiento & Milani, 2008
Phenacorhamdia tenebrosa (Schubart, 1964)
Phenacorhamdia tenuis (Mees, 1986)
Phenacorhamdia unifasciata Britski, 1993
Pimelodella altipinnis (Steindachner, 1864)
Pimelodella australis Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella avanhandavae Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella bockmanni Slobodian & Pastana, 2018
Pimelodella boliviana Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella boschmai Van der Stigchel, 1964
Pimelodella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella breviceps (Kner, 1858)
Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887)
Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876)
Pimelodella chaparae Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella conquetaensis Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella cristata (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950
Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870)
Pimelodella dorseyi Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1891)
Pimelodella eigenmanniorum (Miranda Ribeiro, 1911)
Pimelodella elongata (Günther, 1860)
Pimelodella enochi Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella eutaenia Regan, 1913
Pimelodella figueroai Dahl, 1961
Pimelodella geryi Hoedeman, 1961
Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1835) Graceful pimelodella
Pimelodella griffini Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella grisea (Regan, 1903)
Pimelodella harttii (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella hasemani Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella howesi Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella humeralis Slobodian, Akama & Dutra, 2017
Pimelodella ignobilis (Steindachner, 1907)
Pimelodella itapicuruensis Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella kronei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) Blind catfish
Pimelodella lateristriga (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Pimelodella laticeps Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella laurenti Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella leptosoma (Fowler, 1914)
Pimelodella linami Schultz, 1944
Pimelodella longibarbata Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020
Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927)
Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943)
Pimelodella macturki Eigenmann, 1912
Pimelodella martinezi Fernández-Yépez, 1970
Pimelodella meeki Eigenmann, 1910
Pimelodella megalops Eigenmann, 1912
Pimelodella megalura Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
Pimelodella metae Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella modestus (Günther, 1860)
Pimelodella montana Allen, 1942
Pimelodella mucosa Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Perugia, 1897)
Pimelodella notomelas Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella odynea Schultz, 1944
Pimelodella ophthalmica (Cope, 1878)
Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961
Pimelodella papariae (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella pappenheimi Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella parnahybae Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella parva Güntert, 1942
Pimelodella pectinifer Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Pimelodella peruana Eigenmann & Myers, 1942
Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915
Pimelodella procera Mees, 1983
Pimelodella rendahli Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964
Pimelodella robinsoni (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella roccae Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella rudolphi Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
Pimelodella serrata Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella spelaea Trajano, Reis & Bichuette, 2004
Pimelodella steindachneri Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella taeniophora (Regan, 1903)
Pimelodella taenioptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1914
Pimelodella tapatapae Eigenmann, 1920
Pimelodella transitoria Miranda Ribeiro, 1907
Pimelodella vittata (Lütken, 1874)
Pimelodella wesselii (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella witmeri Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella wolfi (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902
Rhamdella aymarae Miquelarena & Menni, 1999
Rhamdella cainguae Bockmann & Miquelarena, 2008
Rhamdella eriarcha (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
Rhamdella exsudans (Jenyns, 1842)
Rhamdella jenynsii (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdella longiuscula Lucena & da Silva, 1991
Rhamdella montana Eigenmann, 1913
Rhamdella rusbyi Pearson, 1924
Rhamdella zelimai Reis, Malabarba & Lucena, 2014
Rhamdia argentina (Humboldt, 1821)
Rhamdia cinerascens (Günther, 1860)
Rhamdia enfurnada Bichuette & Trajano, 2005
Rhamdia foina (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
Rhamdia guasarensis DoNascimiento, Provenzano & Lundberg, 2004
Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) Pale catfish
Rhamdia humilis (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia itacaiunas Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia jequitinhonha Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia laluchensis Weber, Allegrucci & Sbordoni, 2003 La Lucha blind catfish
Rhamdia laticauda (Kner, 1858) Filespine chulín
Rhamdia laukidi Bleeker, 1858
Rhamdia macuspanensis Weber & Wilkens, 1998 Olmec blind catfish
Rhamdia muelleri (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864)
Rhamdia parryi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 Tonala catfish
Rhamdia poeyi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) South American catfish
Rhamdia reddelli Miller, 1984 Blind whiskered catfish
Rhamdia saijaensis Rendahl, 1941
Rhamdia schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858
Rhamdia velifer (Humboldt, 1821)
Rhamdia xetequepeque Silfvergrip, 1996
Rhamdia zongolicensis Wilkens, 1993 Zongolica catfish
Rhamdioglanis frenatus Ihering, 1907
Rhamdioglanis transfasciatus Miranda Ribeiro, 1908
Rhamdiopsis krugi Bockmann & Castro, 2010
Rhamdiopsis microcephala (Lütken, 1874)
Rhamdiopsis moreirai Haseman, 1911
Taunayia bifasciata (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)
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