Synonyms
Freckled Dolphin Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Standard length (documented)
430.0 mm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Vaupés
Brazil, Colombia
rio Vaupés ➙ rio Negro | rio Nhamunda ⇒ rio Trombetas ⇒ Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE
˜[ -3.176,-59.970 ]
Type of water
Clear water, Black water
Eats plants
not known
from genus: M mit (temporär?) verlängerter Dorsale
unknown
 
present
iv - vi / (26 -) 31 - 32 (- 33) rays
17 + 8 (- 9) soft rays
incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
straight
13 - 15 soft rays
7 soft rays
iv - vi / (26 -) 31 - 32 (- 33) rays
17 + 8 (- 9) soft rays
incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
straight
13 - 15 soft rays
7 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 472
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1915 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas V" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Jg. 52, P. 217)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1917 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerikas V" (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 93, P. 84)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 70)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2010 "Ageneiosus uranophthalmus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 103)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Walsh, S.J., 2017 "Taxonomic revision of the South American catfish genus Ageneiosus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with the description of four new species" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 64)
- Bogotá-Gregory, J.D.; Lima, F.C.T.; DoNascimiento, C.; Acosta-Santos, A.; Navarro-Villa, F.A. & Córdoba, E.A., 2020 "First records of freshwater fish species in Colombia: extending the distribution of Amazonian and Orinoco fish species" (Check List, Vol. 16 No. 5)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (1917) (PD)
1, 2, 3
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