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Genus: | Dupouyichthys
L. P. Schultz, 1944
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Species: | D. sapito
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Dupouyichthys sapito
L. P. Schultz, 1944
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Dupouyichthys sapito is the only species of banjo catfishes in the genus Dupouyichthys. [1] This species appears to be restricted to the Magdalena and Maracaibo basins. [2] D. sapito is a small, armored aspredinid, growing up to 27 millimetres (1.1 in) SL, distinguished from all other aspredinids by having only one set of paired pre- anal-fin plates. Also, the bony ornamentation of its skull is better developed than its close relatives. [2] It is found in river banks with vegetation. [3]