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Amaralia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Siluriformes

Subfamily
  
Bunocephalinae

Higher classification
  
Aspredinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Aspredinidae

Scientific name
  
Amaralia

Rank
  
Genus

Amaralia wwwscotcatcomimagesamaraliasp1jpg

Similar
  
Aspredinidae, Catfish, Pseudobunocephalus, Bunocephalus, Hisonotus aky

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Amaralia is a genus of catfish of the family Aspredinidae native to Amazon and ParanĂ¡-Paraguay basin. These species appear to be specialized to feed on the eggs of other catfishes; eggs found in Amaralia stomachs are thought to be those of loricariids.

Contents

Amaralia Amaralia hypsiura

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Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

  • Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855)
  • Amaralia oviraptor Friel & Carvalho, 2016

  • Amaralia Mimicry of a Bean Seed by the Amazonian Aspredinid Catfish Amaralia

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    References

    Amaralia Wikipedia