Amaralia

Amaralia is a genus of catfish of the family Aspredinidae native to Amazon and Paraná-Paraguay basin. These species appear to be specialized to feed on the eggs of other catfishes; eggs found in Amaralia stomachs are thought to be those of loricariids.^[1]

Amaralia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Aspredinidae
Subfamily:	Aspredininae
Genus:	Amaralia Fowler, 1954
Type species
Bunocephalus hypsiurus Kner, 1855

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

• Amaralia hypsiura (Kner, 1855)
• Amaralia oviraptor Friel & Carvalho, 2016 ^[2]