Cetopsidium pemon

Cetopsidium pemon
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Cetopsidae
Subfamily: Cetopsinae
Genus: Cetopsidium
Species: C. pemon
Binomial name
Cetopsidium pemon
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005

Cetopsidium pemon is a species of whale catfish found in the Caroni River and the Caura River basins, southern tributaries of the Orinoco in eastern Venezuela, the Meta River basin of the western portions of the Orinoco system in eastern Colombia, and the upper portions of the Branco River in northern Brazil.

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