Catfishes

Nordsømuseet Hirtshals

Plecostomus derbyi Haseman. Ventral view of type.

Galeichthys xenauchen Gilbert. Type specimen; Panams.

Conorhynchos nelsoni, new species.,,.

Rhamdia branneri Haseman. Type.

White Cat (Ameiurus catus Linnaeus).

Dorsal Plate of Pimelodus clarias.

Figure 7.Hisonotus paresi, paratype, NUP 10928, male, 24.2 mm SL A Ventral view of abdominal plates B lateral trunk plates; cranial bones and dermal plates of the head in dorsal C and lateral D view. Black arrows (D) indicate an extra plate that is absent in the right side of the same specimen. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Nordsømuseet Hirtshals

Lake Catfish (Ameiurus lacustris Walbaum).

Sea Cat-Fish. Felichthys felis.

Megalonema platanum Gunther.

Ameiurus nigricans (La Sueur). Great catfish. Florida catfish. Mud cat (Fla.).

Ameiurus lupus (Girar). Pecos River, Texas.

Loricaria lanceolata, Upper Amazon.

Figure 4.Ventral view of abdominal region of three species of Hisonotus, arrows indicate anal membrane in Hisonotus oliveirai (A, D) and Hisonotus paresi (B, E) contrasting with the lack of the anal membrane in Hisonotus chromodontus (C, F). A Hisonotus oliveirai, MZUSP 115061, holotype, female, 26.4 mm SL B Hisonotus paresi, MZUSP 115062, holotype, female, 26.2 mm SL C Hisonotus chromodontus, LBP 7964, female, 28.1 mm SL D Hisonotus oliveirai, NUP 3578, male, 27.1 mm SL E Hisonotus paresi, NUP 10928, male, 24.2 mm SL F Hisonotus chromodontus, LBP 12278, male, 26.7 mm SL.

Nordsømuseet Hirtshals

Horned Pout, Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur).

Galeichthys gilberti.

Doras dorsalis C. & V., an Encrusted Catfish.

Mad-Tom. Schilbeodes furiosus.

Ameiurus platycephalus (Girard). Mud cat (S.C.).