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- Platystacus is a genus of banjo catfish in the family Aspredinidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Platystacus cotylephorus,...
- Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Silurus aspredo Linnaeus, 1758 Platystacus laevis Bloch, 1794 Aspredo sicuephorus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes...
- however, reversed in Hoplomyzon ****papilostoma. Also, in Aspredo and Platystacus the dorsal fin spine is much longer in males than in females. Aspredinids...
- Type species Platystacus verrucosus Walbaum, 1792 Synonyms Agmus Eigenmann, 1910 Aspredo Swainson, 1838 Dysichthys Cope, 1874 Platystacus Bl****er, 1858...
- Suborder: Siluroidei Superfamily: Siluroidea Family: Chacidae Bl****er, 1858 Genus: Chaca J. E. Gray, 1831 Type species Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822...
- Synonyms Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1787 Silurus arab Forsskål, 1775 Platystacus anguillaris Bloch, 1794 Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch, 1794) Plotosus thunbergi****...
- Species: C. chaca Binomial name Chaca chaca (F. Hamilton, 1822) Synonyms Platystacus chaca F. Hamilton, 1822 Chaca lophioides Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832...
- Order: Siluriformes Family: Plotosidae Genus: Plotosus Lacépède, 1803 Type species Platystacus anguillaris Bloch, 1794 Synonyms Deportator Gistel, 1848...