Auchenipterus brachyurus
Cope, 1878
Synonyms
Barbudo (ECU)
Euanemus brachyurus
Mararate (PER)
Euanemus brachyurus
Mararate (PER)
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
165.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Acre, Beni, Loreto, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, Amazonas (BRA), Ucayali
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
río Aguaytía → río Ucayali | rio Madeira | río Napo | río Marañón ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓
˜[ -3.720,-73.200 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
(32 -) 34 - 35 (- 36) soft rays
17 soft rays
incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
12 soft rays
14 soft rays
17 soft rays
incised / concave
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
12 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
- Cope, E.D., 1878 "Synopsis of the Fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his Expeditions of 1873 and 1877" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 17, P. 676)
- 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. 406)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 72)
- Anjos, H.D.B. dos; Zuanon, J.; Braga, T.M.P. & Sousa, K.N.S., 2008 "Fish, upper Purus River, state of Acre, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 4 No. 2, P. 202)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- PCF
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