Galeichthys

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

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

Etymology

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

Species

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.

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References
  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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Galeichthys in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Galeichthys feliceps" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
  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.


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