Denticetopsis seducta is a species of whale catfish endemic to Brazil where it has a relatively wide, albeit scattered, distribution in the central and western portions of the Amazon basin and possibly the southwestern portions of the Orinoco River basin; it is relatively disjunct from the other species of Denticetopsis.[1] It grows to a length of 5.1 cm (2.0 inches).
| Denticetopsis seducta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Cetopsidae |
| Genus: | Denticetopsis |
| Species: | D. seducta
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| Binomial name | |
| Denticetopsis seducta | |
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Denticetopsis seducta". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Vari, Richard P.; Ferraris, Carl J.; de Pinna, Mário C. C. (2005). "The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (2): 127–238. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000200001.
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