Auchenipterus menezesi
Ferraris & Vari, 1999
dedicated Dr. Rui Simães de Menezes (Universidade Federal do Ceara)
Synonyms
Auchenipterus nuchalis (fehlerhafter Weise)
Peixe-gato
Peixe-gato
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
131.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
microcrustaceans, algae, insects
Eats plants
not known
unknown
iii - iv / (38 -) 42 (- 45) rays
I / 7 rays
11 (- 12) soft rays
(13 -) 12 soft rays
I / 7 rays
11 (- 12) soft rays
(13 -) 12 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
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
- 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. 426)
- 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)
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Costa Ramos, R.T. da & Ramos, S.A.Q.A,, 2014 "Ichthyofauna of the Parnaíba river Basin, Northeastern Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 14 No. 1, P. 4)
- Reis, R.E.; Albert, J.S.; Di Dario, F.; Mincarone, M.M.; Petry, P. & Rocha, L.A., 2016 "Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America" (Journal of Fish Biology, P. 496)
- Fishbase
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