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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae Three-barbeled catfishes

Genus: Rhamdia

(See list of species below)


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24 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Rhamdia argentina South America 1821
Rhamdia cinerascens South America 38.6 SL 1860
Rhamdia enfurnada South America 2005
Rhamdia foina South America 16.5 SL 1849
Rhamdia guasarensis South America 10.7 SL 2004
Rhamdia guatemalensis Pale catfish America 25.1 SL 1864
Rhamdia humilis South America 18.1 SL 1864
Rhamdia itacaiunas South America 23.8 SL 1996
Rhamdia jequitinhonha South America 16.1 SL 1996
Rhamdia laluchensis La Lucha blind catfish North America 12.0 SL 2003
Rhamdia laticauda Filespine chulín North and Central America 29.4 SL 1858
Rhamdia laukidi South America 33 SL 1858
Rhamdia macuspanensis Olmec blind catfish Central America 13.8 SL 1998
Rhamdia muelleri South America 20.8 SL 1864
Rhamdia nicaraguensis Central America 26 TL 1864
Rhamdia parryi Tonala catfish Central America 1888
Rhamdia poeyi South America 19.7 SL 1888
Rhamdia quelen South American catfish Central and South America 61 TL 1824
Rhamdia reddelli Blind whiskered catfish Central America 1984
Rhamdia saijaensis South America 18.5 SL 1941
Rhamdia schomburgkii South America 1858
Rhamdia velifer South America 1821
Rhamdia xetequepeque South America 7.2 SL 1996
Rhamdia zongolicensis Zongolica catfish North America 1993



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