Synonyms
Hypophthalmus nuchalis
Moustache Cat
Moustache Cat
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Cayenne, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA)
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname
rio Capim → rio Guamá → baia do Guajará ⇒ rio Pará | Amazonas | Lawa River → Marowijne River | Approuague River | Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE
[ -1.679,-47.778 ]
Type of water
Black water
inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), vegetable fibers, Büschelmücken (Chaoboridae), fishes, zooplankton, algae, detritus
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
(37 -) 41 - 44 (- 47) soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
6 - 7 soft rays
11 - 12 (- 13) soft rays
(14 -) 12 - 13 soft rays
(37 -) 41 - 44 (- 47) soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
6 - 7 soft rays
11 - 12 (- 13) soft rays
(14 -) 12 - 13 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
- Mees, G.F., 1986 "Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 312
- 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
- Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L., 1829 "Selecta genera et species piscium : quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I." (Monachii, P. 17)
- 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. 434)
- Silva Freitas, T.M. da; Prudente, B.; Oliveira, V.A.; Oliveira, M.N.C.; Prata, E.G.; Sousa, H.L. & Montag, L., 2015 "Influence of the flood pulse on the reproduction of Tocantinsia piresi (Miranda Ribeiro) and Auchenipterus nuchalis (Spix & Agassiz) (Auchenipteridae) of the middle Xingu River, Brazil" (Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol. 75 No. 3, P. 158)
- Sverlij, S.B.; Schenke, R.L.D. ; López, H.L. & Ros, A.E., 2015 "Peces del Río Uruguay"
- 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)
- Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E., 2019 "Phylogenetic systematics of the driftwood catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a combined morphological and molecular analysis" (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, P. 96)
- Silva Freitas, T.M. da; Silveira Prudente, B. da & Assis Montag, L.F. de, 2022 "Flood pulse influence on the feeding ecology of two Amazonian auchenipterid catfishes " (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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