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banjo catfish

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Also known as: Aspredinidae

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classification

In ostariophysan: Annotated classification
Family Aspredinidae (banjo catfishes) Adipose lacking; broad, flat head; large tubercles on naked body. Aquarium fishes. Size to 30 cm (12 inches). A few enter brackish waters and salt waters. South America. 12 genera, 36 species. Family Pimelodidae (long-whiskered catfishes) Similar to Bagridae but lack nasal barbels.…
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egg protection

In ostariophysan: Parental care
In certain species of banjo catfishes (Aspredinidae), the eggs are anchored to spongy tentacles on the underside of the female’s abdomen. Some female callichthyid catfish carry eggs on the abdomen only for fertilization; others deposit their adhesive eggs in froth nests and guard them. The loricariid catfishes employ various…
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