''Ageneiosus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
driftwood catfish
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae. The two genera of the former family Ageneiosidae have been placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 125 species in about 22 genera.
These fish are found in rivers from Pan ...
es found mostly in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
with one species extending into
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
.
Species
Thirteen species in this genus are recognized:
* ''
Ageneiosus akamai''
Ribeiro, Rapp Py-Daniel & Walsh, 2017
* ''
Ageneiosus apiaka''
Ribeiro, Rapp Py-Daniel & Walsh, 2017
* ''
Ageneiosus dentatus''
Kner, 1857
* ''
Ageneiosus inermis
''Ageneiosus inermis'', also known as Fidalgo, Dawala or Mandubé, is a species of driftwood catfish of the family Auchenipteridae. It can be found throughout South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Uruguay and northern Argentina.
The name ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1766) (''manduba'')
* ''Ageneiosus intrusus''
Ribeiro, Rapp Py-Daniel & Walsh, 2017
* ''Ageneiosus lineatus''
Ribeiro, Rapp Py-Daniel & Walsh, 2017
* ''Ageneiosus magoi''
Castillo G. & Brull G., 1989
* ''Ageneiosus militaris''
Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1836
* ''Ageneiosus pardalis''
Christian Frederik Lütken, Lütken, 1874
* ''Ageneiosus polystictus''
Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1915
* ''Ageneiosus ucayalensis''
François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau, Castelnau, 1855
* ''Ageneiosus uranophthalmus''
Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2010
* ''Ageneiosus vittatus''
Steindachner, 1908
References
Ageneiosus,
Auchenipteridae
Catfish of South America
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
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