Ageneiosus
| Ageneiosus | |
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| Ageneiosus militaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Subfamily: | Auchenipterinae |
| Genus: | Ageneiosus Lacépède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Ageneiosus armatus Lacépède, 1803 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceratorhynchus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 | |
Ageneiosus is a genus of driftwood catfishes found mostly in South America with one species extending into Central America. They were formally placed in the family Ageniosidae, but have now been placed with the Auchenipterids.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Manduba)
- Ageneiosus magoi Castillo G. & Brull G., 1989
- Ageneiosus marmoratus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (Bottlenose catfish)
- Ageneiosus militaris Valenciennes, 1836
- Ageneiosus pardalis Lütken, 1874
- Ageneiosus polystictus Steindachner, 1915
- Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855
- Ageneiosus uranophthalmus F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2010
- Ageneiosus vittatus Steindachner, 1908
References
- ↑ Walsh, S.J., Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rapp-Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015). "Revision of Tympanopleura Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with description of two new species" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology 13 (1): 1–46. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130220.
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