vittatus (lat.) - with ribbons
Synonyms
Duck Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
213.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Beni, Acre, Rondônia, Napo, Amazonas (BRA)
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador
río Tahuamanu ➙ río Orthon ➙ río Madre de Dios ➙ río Beni | río Apere ➙ río Mamoré ⇒ rio Madeira | río Pastaza → río Marañón | rio Tiquié ➙ rio Vaupés ➙ rio Negro ⇒ Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE
˜[ -8.753,-67.411 ]
Eats plants
not known
from genus: M mit (temporär?) verlängerter Dorsale
unknown
 
present
iv - v / (30 -) 32 - 35 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
12 (- 13) soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - v / (30 -) 32 - 35 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
12 (- 13) soft rays
6 soft rays
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
- Schraml, E., 2004 "Delfinwelse" (Das Aquarium) P. 19
- Schäfer, Frank: "Revision der Delfinwelse abgeschlossen"
(DATZ Mai 2017)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1908 "Über drei neue Characinen und drei Siluroiden aus dem Stromgebiete des Amazonas innerhalb Brasilien" (Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vol. 45, P. 64)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- 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. 80)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 86)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Flávio Lima (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2, 3
Steindachner, Franz (PD)
4
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