Thanks to Hector Vera Alcaraz for identifying the species in this image gallery.
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FIGURE 1 - Heptapterus mustelinus - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith May 2008).
FIGURE 2 - Graceful Pimelodella Pimelodella gracilis - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith January 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Rhamdia quelen - Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 4 - Rhamdia quelen - Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
HEPTAPTERIDAE - SEVEN-FINNED CATFISH
The Heptapterids are a group of catfish with a wide range through the Neotropics but without external defining characteristcis. In general they appear scaleless and have three barbels. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the adipose is long and conspicuous. The family name Heptapteridae means "seven fins".
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