Perrunichthys perruno

Taxobox
name = "Perrunichthys perruno"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Pimelodidae
genus = "Perrunichthys"
genus_authority = Schultz, 1944
species = "P. perruno"
binomial = "Perrunichthys perruno"
binomial_authority = Schultz, 1944

"Perrunichthys perruno" is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus "Perrunichthys" of the family Pimelodidae. [ITIS|ID=681763|taxon="Perrunichthys perruno"|year=2007|date=May 26] This species reaches about 60 centimetres (24 in) TL and originates from the Lake Maracaibo basin.FishBase species|genus=Perrunichthys|species=perruno|year=2007|month=May] This fish is occasionally known as the leopard catfish.

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