Banjo catfishes lack an adipose fin. Their common name refers to their dorso-ventrally flattened bodies that in some species at least resembles a banjo. Their bodies are naked except for large tubercles.
Banjo catfishes are found in freshwater; occasionally brackish waters of tropical South America. Divided into two subfamilies, species from Bunocephalinae are imported more often.
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Banjo Catfish
Family: Aspredinidae
The "Banjo Catfishes" have the looks that only a mother could love (which makes them irresistable!) And as their name implies, they have the body shape of a banjo.
The Asian banjo bears an uncanny resemblance to the real banjo catfishes (family Aspredinidae) of South America, and this resemblance is not simply due to convergence, ...
 See also: Banjo catfish, Water, Freshwater, Species, Catfish
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