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Galeichthys feliceps

Description

Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840

(fig. 51)

? Pimelodes fossor Lichtenstein 1823: 112. Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. No types known.

Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 29, pl. 424. Type locality: vicinity of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-9361 to A-9365.

Bagre capensis Smith, 1840: no pagination, pl. 8. Type-locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1857.6.13.147.

Galeichthys ocellatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 60. Type-locality: Zwartkops R., Algoa Bay, South Africa. Holotype: PEM.

Distribution: Southern Africa.

Countries: South Africa.

Habitat: Predominantly marine waters.

Maximum size: 550 mm TL.

Material examined: AMNH 97276 (2 al), Angola, Walfish Bay, Namibia; MZUSP 87694 (1 al) (1 c&s), Namibia.

Notes

Published as part of Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 1416 on page 63

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH , BMNH , MNHN , MZUSP , PEM
Material sample ID
AMNH 97276 , BMNH 1857.6.13.147 , MNHN A- 9361 to A- 9365 , MZUSP 87694
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Ariidae
Genus
Galeichthys
Species
feliceps
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Holotype , Syntypes