Heptapterus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Heptapterus mustelinus.jpg
| image_caption = Heptapterus mustelinus
| taxon = Heptapterus
| authority = Bleeker, 1858
| type_species = Pimelodus mustelinus
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1835
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Heptapterus is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Heptapterus| month = December | year = 2011}}
- Heptapterus bleekeri Boeseman, 1953
- Heptapterus carmelitanorum Azevedo-Santos, Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster & Katz, 2022
- Heptapterus fissipinnis A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911
- Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011
- Heptapterus multiradiatus R. Ihering (pt), 1907
- Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Heptapterus ornaticeps C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
- Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011
- Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911
- Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988
- Heptapterus tapanahoniensis Mees, 1967
- Heptapterus tenuis Mees, 1986
References
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Category:Fish of South America
Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Category:Freshwater fish genera
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