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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 
AphiaID: 217654

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSiluriformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAriidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthyinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys feliceps (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys Valenciennes, 1840
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArius feliceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBagrus capensis Smith, 1840
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBagrus feliceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGaleichthys ocellatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPimelodus fossor Lichtenstein, 1823
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPimelodus peronii Valenciennes, 1840
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTachysurus feliceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
Source  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus infestans Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHelicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1902 [via synonym] (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHermilius armatus Capart, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHermilius pyriventris Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217654
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2002-01-02 17:49:40Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217654 on 2017-06-28
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