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Redtail Catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
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Scientific Classification Guide Thailand
Freshwater Fish Identification

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:
Animalia
Redtail Catfish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:

Pimelodidae

Genus:
Phractocephalus
Species:
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

The Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) is a freshwater fish species in the long-whiskered catfish family (family Pimelodidae) of order Siluriformes (catfish), native to South America – at the Amazon River basin.

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