Ichthyology
Spring 1999
T. Turner

Lecture 14 -- Ostariophysi

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Web pages to check out:
Amazon River Channel Fishes (http://eebweb.arizona.edu/Fish/LIST/lis t.html)
American Freshwater Fish Index at TNHC (http://www.utexas. edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/tnhc/na/naindex.html)

 

Infradivision Euteleostei - 391 families; 22, 262 spp.

Superorder Ostariophysi -

Series Anotophysi

Order Gonorynchiformes -- 4 families, 35 spp., Asia Africa freshwater

Family Chanidae -- milkfishes--Indo-pacific important food fish

Series Otophysi

 

Order Cypriniformes -- 5 families, 2660 spp., NA, Europe, Asia, Africa

Family Cyprinidae -- carps, minnows (2000 + species)

Family Catostomidae -- suckers (68 species)

Family Cobitidae -- loaches (110 species)

 

Order Characiformes -- 10 families, 1340 spp., SA

Family Ctenoluciidae - pike characins

Family Characidae -- tetras, pirahnas

Family Prochilodontidae -- coporos

 

Order Siluriformes -- 34 families, 2405 spp., NA, SA, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia; freshwater, marine

Family Ictaluridae-- (45 species) NA bullheads, channel catfish, madtoms

 

Family Bagridae

Family Siluridae

Family Clariidae -- (100+ species) walking catfishes

Family Malapteruridae -- electric catfishes (Africa)

Family Ariidae--marine catfishes

Family Doradidae -- thorny catfishes

Family Callichthyidae -- armored catfishes

Family Hypopthalmidae -- (loweye catfishes)

Family Trichomycteridae -- parasitic catfishes

Family Pimelodidae (300 +) Species

Family Loricariidae -- (550+ species) suckermouth armored catfishes

 

Order Gymnotiformes -- 6 families, 62 species, SA freshwater; knifefishes

Family Sternopygidae

Family Gymnotidae

Family Electrophoridae

Slides:

Cyprinidae
    1. Campostoma anomalum
    2. Cyprinella lutrensis
    3. Cyprinella venusta
    4. Cyprinella whipplei
    5. Luxilus zonatus
    6. Notropis rubellus
    7. Notropis welaka
    8. Lythurus ardens
    9. Nocomis biguttatus
    10. Nocomis micropogon
    11. Phoxinus erythrogaster
    12. Rhinichthys osculus
    13. Meda fulgida
    14. Gila elegans (bonytail chub)
    15. Ptychocheilus lucius

Catostomidae
    1. Catostomous commersoni
    2. Moxostoma erythrurum (golden red horse)
    3. Hypentelium roanokense
    4. Pantosteus latipinnis (flannel mouth sucker)
    5. Pantosteus plebius (Rio Grande sucker)
    6. Xyrauchen texanus

Characiformes
    1. Pike characin -- family Ctenoluciidae
    2. Astyanax mexicanus
    3. Cheirodon axelrodi (cardinal tetra)
    4. Serrasalmus manueli
    5. Varied Characidae- Brychonops, Hemigrammus, Hyphessobrycon etc.
    6. Prochilodus rubritaenia - family Prochilodontidae

 Siluriformes
    1. Ictalurus punctatus
    2. Noturus albater (Ozark Madtom)
    3. Noturus lachneri (Ouachita Madtom)
    4. Family Doradidae 1
    5. Family Doradidae 2
    6. Family Pimelodidae (Hypophthalmus cf. fimbriatus)
    7. Family Callichthyidae
    8. Family Loricariidae
    9. Unknown "puffer" catfish

Gymnotiformes
    1. Stenopigus
    2. Unknown gymnotiform
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