Auchenipterus ambyiacus
Fowler, 1915
according to the origin río Ambyiacu = Ampiyacu
Synonyms
Bagre
barbudo
barbudo
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
244.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
río Ampiyacu = río Ambyiacu, ➀ rio Madeira, ➀ río Guaporé = río Iténez, ➀ río Napo, ➀ río Huallaga, Barama River, ➀ lago Janauaca, ➀ rio Jutaí, río Morona, río Payamino, río Santiago, ➀ rio Tefé, Waini River, ➀ río Orinoco -, upper / middle ➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões basin, lago Cuniã, Atlantic NE: coastal waters Guyana
río La Torre, peña Colorada, laguna San Luis
río La Torre, peña Colorada, laguna San Luis
Rondônia, Loreto, Napo, Pastaza, Madre de Dios, Amazonas (BRA) Amazonas (VEN)
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru
río Napo ➙ río Marañón | río Mamoré → rio Madeira | igarapé Cuniã ⇒ Amazonas | Waini River ⇒ Atlantic NE ↓ Caribic ↓
˜[ -3.325,-71.875 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iii - iv / (40 -) 42 - 46 (- 50) rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(10 -) 12 - 13 (- 14) soft rays
14 soft rays
iii - iv / (40 -) 42 - 46 (- 50) rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(10 -) 12 - 13 (- 14) soft rays
14 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 473
- Fowler, Henry W., 1915 "Notes on nematognathus fishes" (Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 67, P. 222)
- Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Vari, R.P., 1999 "The South American catfish genus Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840 (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): monophyly and relationships, with a revisionary study" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 126 No. 4, P. 400)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 71)
- Alcalá, C.A.L. & Sánchez-Duarte, P., 2011 "Los Peces del delta del Orinoco" (Fundaciión la Salle de Ciencas Naturales, P. 183)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- 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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for the pictures
Henry Fowler, 1915 (PD)
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