Auchenipterus dentatus
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
Euanemus colymbetes
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
121.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Cayenne, Brokopondo, Para (SUR), Commewijne, Saramacca, Nickerie, Coronie, Sipaliwini, Wanica
French Guiana, Suriname
Approuague River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 4.926,-52.339 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
(34 -) 37 - 39 (- 42) soft rays
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
10 - 12 soft rays
(34 -) 37 - 39 (- 42) soft rays
I / (6 -) 7 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
10 - 12 soft rays
not known
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 210)
- Royero, R. & Hureau, J.-C., 1996 "The type specimens of auchenipterid catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris" (Cybium, Vol. 20 No. 4, P. 370)
- 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. 419)
- 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. 423)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Diogo, R.; Chardon, M. & Vandewalle, P., 2003 "Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Centromochlus heckelii, comparison with other auchenipterids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Auchenipteridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (Animal Biology, Vol. 53 no. 4, P. 398)
- 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)
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