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Taxonomy and Nomenclature Kingdom:
Animalia Rank: Species Vernacular name(s): pirarara [English] redtail catfish [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Infraclass Teleostei Superorder Ostariophysi Order Siluriformes-- catfishes Family Pimelodidae-- flat-hosed catfishes, long-whiskered catfishes Genus Phractocephalus Species Phractocephalus hemioliopterus-- pirarara, redtail catfish |
References Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005 website (version 05-Apr-05); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003 website (version 13-Mar-03); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7. Comments: 0-913124-54-7 (cloth) Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7. |
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