First record of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus doriae Boulenger 1902 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) in the Bermejo River basin, Salta, Argentina

Gastón Aguilera; Felipe Alonso; Guillermo Terán; Juan Marcos Mirande

doi:10.15560/12.3.1888

Check List 12(3): e19490, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1888

First record of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus doriae Boulenger 1902 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) in the Bermejo River basin, Salta, Argentina

Gastón Aguilera^‡, Guillermo E. Terán^‡, Felipe Alonso^§, Juan Marcos Mirande^|

‡ Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET)-Fundación Miguel Lillo, Argentina§ División Ictiología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN)-CONICET,| idad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET)-Fundación Miguel Lillo,

Corresponding author: Gastón Aguilera ( aguileragaston@gmail.com )

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Citation: Aguilera G, Alonso F, Terán G, Mirande J (2016) First record of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus doriae Boulenger 1902 (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) in the Bermejo River basin, Salta, Argentina. Check List 12(3): 1888. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1888

Abstract

Intense sampling in the upper Bermejo River basin revealed the presence of specimens of the aspredinid genus Bunocephalus. After detailed morphological and morphometric analyses specimens were identified as Bunocephalus doriae. This is the first record of any member of the Aspredinidae in the upper Bermejo River basin.

Keywords

Yungas; wide distribution; Ostariophysi; population