Auchenipterichthys
longimanus (Günther, 1864) |
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Rupert Collins
(1) Steven Grant (2) |
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Relevant Information: |
The Neotropical auchenipterid catfish
genus Auchenipterichthys includes four species. Auchenipterichthys
thoracatus, formerly considered to be widely distributed
throughout the Amazon River basin, is found to be restricted
to the upper Madeira River basin. The widespread Amazonian species
that had been misidentified as A. thoracatus is, instead,
A. coracoideus;
a species that also occurs in the upper Essequibo River. Auchenipterichthys
longimanus, the most widely distributed species of the
genus, is found through much of the Amazon and Orinoco River
basins. The fourth species of the genus, A.
punctatus (and its junior synonym A. dantei),
is found in the upper portions of the Orinoco and Negro River
basins in Venezuela and the central portions of the Amazon River
basin in Brazil. (Ferraris et al 2005). Aquarium Care:
Good community catfish with normal sized patrons but not to
be trusted with small Tetras for instance, which will be picked
of at night on its twilight patrols. Breeding:
This family practice internal fertilization with the female
depositing the fertilized eggs on aquatic vegetation with no
care of the eggs shown. An unsuccessful breeding report states
that the male swims behind the female and they suddenly lock
their pectoral, female's adipose and caudal fin. They speed
around the tank and are oblivious to anything around them. After
this confrontation they break apart and fall to the aquarium
floor where they sit for a couple hours in a "dazed"
condition. Diet: Can be fed most aquarium fare
such as good quality flake, white worm, tablet and pellet foods
and frozen foods such as bloodworm. Better to feed at lights
out until they get accustomed to the daytime feeding regime
when they may very well join in. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Auchenipterus longimanus |
Family: |
Auchenipteridae |
Distribution: |
South America:
Lower and middle Amazon, Tocantins, and Orinoco river basins.
Type locality: River Capin, Para [Brazil]. |
Size: |
15.0cm. (6ins) |
Temp: |
21-24°c (69-75°f.) |
p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Auchenipteridae (Driftwood
catfishes). p. 470-482. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J.
Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South
and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2018
)
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, Richard P.
and Raredon, Sandra J. Catfishes of the genus
Auchenipterichthys (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae);
a revisionary study. Neotropical Ichthyology,
3(1):89-106, 2005. |
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