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Callichthyidae

Callichthyidae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), called armored catfishes due to the two rows of bony plates (or scutes) along the lengths of their bodies. It contains some of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish, such as many species in the genus Corydoras.

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related to Distribution · 22
Callichthyidae → Amazon, Amazonas, Andes, Aspidoras, Atlantic Coastal, Brazil, Central America, Corydoradinae, Guiana Shield, Hoplosternum, La Plata, Magdalena, Maracaibo, Orinoco, Panama, Paraná-Paraguay, Representatives, Rio, South American, São Francisco
related to Subdivisions · 10
Callichthyidae → Cope, Corydoradinae Hoedeman, Gill, Günther, Ihering, Lacépède, Reis, Scopoli, Subfamily Callichthyinae Bonaparte, Swainson
related to Taxonomy · 9
Callichthyidae → Astroblepidae, Corydoras, Greek, Loricariidae, Loricarioidea, Most, Scoloplacidae, The, Within
is a · 1
Callichthyidae → family of catfishes

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species corydoras hoplosternum family subfamily air corydoradinae callichthyids two callichthys also bony dianema catfish found small plates scutes scopoli one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Callichthyidaeis afamily of catfishes0.90text
loricariids or trichomycterids that may breathe air only under hypoxic conditionsinstance ofUnlike other catfish0.80text
callichthyids breathe air under all water conditionsinstance ofUnlike other catfish0.80text
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionThe Neotropical0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionSouth American0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionParaná-Paraguay0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionSão Francisco0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionAtlantic Coastal0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionBrazil0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionAmazon0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionOrinoco0.60section
Callichthyidaerelated to DistributionMaracaibo0.60section

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    Nodes84
    Edges83
    Triples44
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.02381
    Components1
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