Zungaropsis multimaculatus

Taxobox
name = "Zungaropsis multimaculatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Pimelodidae
genus = "Zungaropsis"
genus_authority = Steindachner, 1908
species = "Z. multimaculatus"
binomial = "Zungaropsis multimaculatus"
binomial_authority = Steindachner, 1908

"Zungaropsis multimaculatus" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus "Zungaropsis", a genus considered to be closely related to "Zungaro".cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] In 2003, "Zungaropsis" was considered as a "genus inquirendum" of the Pimelodidae.cite journal|url=http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol4num2/vol4(2)p147.pdf|title="Cruciglanis", a new genus of Pseudopimelodid catfish (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) with description of a new species from the Colombian Pacific coast|first=Armando|last=Ortega-Lara|coauthors=Lehmann A., Pablo|journal=4|issue=2|pages=147–156|year=2006|format=PDF] This species was originally found in the Xingu River.

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