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Psammophilic Pencil Catfishes

Sarcoglanidinae

The Sarcoglanidinae, the psammmophilic catfishes, are a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to family Trichomycteridae, the pencil catfishes and the parasitic catfishes. These catfishes are found in South America.

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8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 21 known species

Hyaloglanis

genusHyaloglanis

Salpynx

genusSalpynx

Malacoglanis

genusMalacoglanis

Stenolicmus

genusStenolicmus

Ammoglanis

genusAmmoglanis

Microcambeva

genusMicrocambeva

Stauroglanis

genusStauroglanis

Sarcoglanis

genusSarcoglanis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788457.