Helogenes

Helogenes
Helogenes marmoratus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Cetopsidae
Subfamily: Helogeneinae
Regan, 1911
Genus: Helogenes
Günther, 1863
Type species
Helogenes marmoratus
Günther, 1863
Synonyms

Leyvaichthys Dahl, 1960

Helogenes is a genus of whale catfish found in tropical South America.

Helogeneinae is the sister taxon of Cetopsinae, the other subfamily in the family Cetopsidae.