Galeichthys

Galeichthys
	Galeichthys feliceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Galeichthyinae
Genus:	Galeichthys; Valenciennes in G. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
Type species
	Galeichthys feliceps; Valenciennes, 1840

Galeichthys is a genus of sea catfishes (order Siluriformes).^[1] The only genus in the subfamily Galeichthyinae, this genus includes four species.^[2]

Etymology

Galeichthys: Greek, galeos = a shark + Greek, ichthys = fish^[3]

Species

Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 (Black sea catfish)
Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (White barbel)
Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken, 1874 (Peruvian sea catfish)
Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010

Distribution

Galeichthys species are predominantly marine species distributed in Southern Africa and northwestern South America.^[4]

Description

These fish have three pairs of barbels: a pair of fleshy and cylindrical maxillary barbels and two pairs of mental barbels. The base of the adipose fin is as long as the base of the anal fin.

References

^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Galeichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Galeichthys feliceps" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.

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[Ferraris-1] Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Galeichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.

[Fishbase-3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Galeichthys feliceps" in FishBase. April 2016 version.

[Marceniuk-4] Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.

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