Synonyms
Auchenipterus paysanduanus
Euanemus nigripinnis
Hai-Trugdornwels
Paraguay Shark-cat
Euanemus nigripinnis
Hai-Trugdornwels
Paraguay Shark-cat
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
202.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Paysandú
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
río Paraná | río Uruguy ➙ río de la Plata
˜[ -23.897,-57.293 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
36 - 37 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
fin edging: white 
I / 6 rays
fin edging: white 
36 - 37 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
fin edging: white 
I / 6 rays
fin edging: white 
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
- Boulenger, G.A., 1895 "Fishes from Matto Grosso and Paraguay" (Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 4, P. 524)
- 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. 429)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 83)
- 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)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 416)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
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