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Brachyplatystoma

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Pimelodidae

Taxonomy
Brachyplatystoma was named by Bleeker (1862). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Lundberg and Akama (2005).

It was assigned to Pimelodidae by Lundberg (1997) and Lundberg and Akama (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Brachyplatystoma Bleeker
1997Brachyplatystoma Lundberg p. 76 fig. 5.6
2005Brachyplatystoma Lundberg and Akama pp. 492-516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyPimelodidaeEigenmann and Eigenmann 1918
genusBrachyplatystomaBleeker 1862

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available