Bergiaria
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| Bergiaria platana (Steindachner, 1908) |
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| Bergiaria westermanni (Lütken, 1874) |
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Bergiaria is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It contains two species, B. platana and B. westermanni.[1]
Bergiaria species originate from South America. B. platana inhabits the Paraná River.[2] B. westermanni is distributed in the Das Velhas River basin in the São Francisco River drainage.[3]
B. platana reaches a length of about 9.1 centimetres (3.6 in) SL.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
- ^ a b "Bergiaria platana". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
- ^ "Bergiaria westermanni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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