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Auchenipteridae
Auchenipteridae Auchenipteridae = ( ow ken ip TARE id dee )

Contains some of the more secretive members of the Siluriformes. This family is the only one to undergo internal insemination and fertilisation. Known as Driftwood or Wood Cats owing to their habit of hiding in hollow logs during the day.
                                                  
Confused sometimes with the members of the Doradidae family but lack the lateral bony scutes.

             
            Common Names


B
Black Driftwood Catfish
Black Jaguar Catfish
Black Pigmy Driftwood Cat
Bottlenose catfish
 
C
Common Woodcat
 
G
Gulper Catfish
 
J
Jaguar Catfish
 
M
Midnight Catfish
Milky Way Woodcat
 
O
Ogre Catfish
 
P
Paraguay Shark-cat
Perugia's Woodcat
Pygmy Driftwood
 
S
Slopehead Catfish
Snowflake Woodcat
Striped Woodcat
 
T
Transparent Hammerhead cat
 
Z
Zamora Cat
 

 

 

 

 


 
 
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