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  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
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  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysusDorsal view
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  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysusDorsal view
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  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
  • Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
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Scientific Name Trachelyopterus ceratophysus    (Kner, 1858)
Common Name
Type Locality Mato Grosso, Rio Guaporé, Rio Branco, and Rio Negro, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Auchenipterus ceratophysus, Parauchenipterus ceratophysus
Etymology Trachelyopterus: From the Greek, trachelos, meaning neck and pteron, meaning fin; in reference to the long cranial shield, which gives the appearance that the dorsal fin originates at the neck region. 
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Distribution South America: Guaporé, Branco, and Negro River basins.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Lower Negro, Branco (Roraima) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 26 (s. 373), pp 427 [57], Pl. 7 (fig. 23).
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Last Update 2025 Jan 02 00:48 (species record created: 2007 Mar 11 09:12)