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Leiarius
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Leiarius

Leiarius is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Most of the genus' species are found in the aquarium hobby as ornamental fish.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Achara Catfish

speciesLeiarius marmoratus

Leiarius pictus

speciesLeiarius pictus

Leiarius longibarbis

speciesLeiarius longibarbis

Leiarius perruno

speciesLeiarius perruno

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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 89373.