Biology:Ageneiosus

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Short description: Genus of fishes


Ageneiosus
Johann Natterer - Peixe-palmito (Ageneiosus sp).jpg
Ageneiosus militaris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Subfamily: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Ageneiosus
Lacépède, 1803
Type species
Ageneiosus armatus
Lacépède, 1803
Synonyms

Ceratorhynchus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Agenius Agassiz, 1846
Davalla Bleeker, 1858
Pseudageneiosus Bleeker, 1862

Ageneiosus is a genus of driftwood catfishes found mostly in South America with one species extending into Central America.

Species

Thirteen species in this genus are recognized:[1][2]

References

  1. 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". Neotropical Ichthyology 13 (1): 1–46. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130220. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v13n1/1679-6225-ni-13-01-00001.pdf. 
  2. Ribeiro, F. R. V.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L. H.; Walsh, S. J. (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the South American catfish genus Ageneiosus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with the description of four new species". Journal of Fish Biology 90 (4): 1388–1478. doi:10.1111/jfb.13246. ISSN 0022-1112. PMID 28181255. 

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