Auchenipterichthys longimanus

Günther, 1864
Auchenipterichthys longimanus
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
cachorro-de-padre
Spotted Zamora
Length (total)
approx.  18 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Weight
0.112 kg

Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Bolívar (VEN)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela

rio Guamá → baia do Guajará → rio Pará | rio Trombetas → Amazonas ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ río Orinoco → Caribic ↓

˜[ -2.734,-47.907 ]
Map to Auchenipterichthys longimanus
In water
deadwood
inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), arthropod (Arthropoda), Pavianholz (Samen) (Virola surinamensis), inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), Schaben (Blattodea), ants (Formicidae), beetle (Coleoptera), decapod (Decapoda), vegetable fibers, Hundertfüßer (Chilopoda), molluscs (Mollusca), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), Reptiles (Sauria), millipede (Diplopoda), Locusts (Orthoptera), Froschlurche (Anura), cancer (Crustacea), small fishes, annelids (Annelida), scorpion, spider (Arachnida), woodlice (Isopoda), seed, butterflies (Lepidoptera), dragon-fly (Odonata), diptera (Diptera), Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera), Homoptera (Homoptera)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
present
iii / 18 - 23 (- 25) rays
7 + 8 soft rays
little longer at the bottom than at the top
II / 6 rays
7 - 8 (- 9) soft rays
9 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
  • Soares-Porto, L.M., 1994 "Auchenipterichthys dantei, a new species of catfish from the Amazon basin (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 281
  • 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
Pic. 2: Auchenipterichthys longimanus
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