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Diplomystes incognitus

Diplomystes incognitus

Classification

Diplomystes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the monotypic family Diplomystidae, the velvet catfishes. These are basal catfishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile in southern South America. Taxonomy The family Diplomystidae has been considered as the basal, primitive sister group to all other catfishes (Siluroidei) on the basis of morphological evidence.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 7