spiny dwarf catfish

fish
Also known as: Scoloplacidae

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  • knifefish
    In ostariophysan: Annotated classification

    Family Scoloplacidae (spiny dwarf catfishes) Body with 2 bilateral series of teethlike-bearing plates, 1 midventral series of plates. Maximum length about 20 mm (less than 1 inch). South America. 1 genus, 4 species. Family Astroblepidae (climbing catfishes) Mouth and fins modified for adhesion to rocks in mountain…

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