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Bunocephalus  Kner, 1855
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164218

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Agmus Eigenmann, 1910
  
    Bunocephalichthys Bleeker, 1858
  
    Dysichthys Cope, 1874
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilyAspredinidae  – banjo catfishes  
                                  GenusBunocephalus Kner, 1855  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus aleuropsis Cope, 1870  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann, 1912  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus amazonicus (Mees, 1989)  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus bifidus Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Allen, 1942  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus chamaizelus Eigenmann, 1912  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus colombianus Eigenmann, 1912  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus coracoideus (Cope, 1874)  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus doriae Boulenger, 1902  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus iheringii Boulenger, 1891  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus knerii Steindachner, 1882  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus quadriradiatus (Mees, 1989)  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus rugosus Eigenmann and Kennedy, 1903  
                                     SpeciesBunocephalus verrucosus (Walbaum, 1792)  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Bunocephalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Bunocephalus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Bunocephalus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Bunocephalus   
       

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