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Common member of the family Auchenipteridae
 
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Pronounced oh KEN ip terid day
Family Common Name Driftwood Catfishes
Features The adults of many species exhibit obvious sexual differences. The main features that of all species are a bony head plate, naked flanks and a lack of nasal barbels.
Common Names Wood cats, Zamora catfish, jaguar catfish, Slopehead catfish.
Size Smallest 31mm, largest 120mm, average 65mm, most commonly 60mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 5 "species" in 5 genera in the database
Keepers 0 species (0.0%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution South America

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Hop to next section Subfamilies in Auchenipteridae (by species)
2.Centromochlinae41 species(820%)
2.Auchenipterinae3 species(60%)
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1.Duringlanis5 species(0 keepers)
2.Tatia26 species(0 keepers)
3.Trachelyichthys3 species(0 keepers)
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(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Kept)
1.
Duringlanis perugiaeDuringlanis perugiae
(i:26, k:0, b:12)
2.
Tatia intermediaTatia intermedia
(i:31, k:0, b:9)
3.
Duringlanis romaniDuringlanis romani
(i:20, k:0, b:2)
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Trachelyichthys exilisTrachelyichthys exilis
(i:24, k:0, b:2)
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Duringlanis altaeDuringlanis altae
(i:6, k:0, b:1)