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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.
Distribution South America
Common Names Wood cats, Zamora catfish, jaguar catfish, Slopehead catfish.
Size Smallest 27mm, largest 590mm, average 130mm, most commonly 120mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 9 "species" in 6 genera in the database
Keepers 1 species (11%) are being kept by registered keepers
Breeders 1 "species" (11%) are being bred.
Hop to next section Subfamilies in Auchenipteridae (by species)
2.Centromochlinae56 species(622%)
2.Auchenipterinae19 species(211%)
Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Duringlanis 5 species(1 keepers)
2.Tatia 23 species(0 keepers)
3.Auchenipterichthys 5 species(0 keepers)
4.Ageneiosus 14 species(0 keepers)
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1.
Duringlanis romaniDuringlanis romani
(100%)
Hop to next section Most Bred Species List
(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Kept)
1.
Duringlanis perugiaeDuringlanis perugiae
(i:26, k:0, b:11)
2.
Tatia intermediaTatia intermedia
(i:30, k:0, b:8)
3.
Tatia reticulataTatia reticulata
(i:13, k:0, b:4)
4.
Auchenipterichthys coracoideusAuchenipterichthys coracoideus
(i:22, k:0, b:2)
5.
Ageneiosus inermisAgeneiosus inermis
(i:23, k:0, b:1)
6.
Duringlanis altaeDuringlanis altae
(i:6, k:0, b:1)
7.
Duringlanis romaniDuringlanis romani
(i:20, k:1, b:1)
8.
Tatia dunniTatia dunni
(i:12, k:0, b:1)
9.
Tatia strigataTatia strigata
(i:14, k:0, b:1)