Ageneiosus inermis, also known as Fidalgo, Dawala or Mandubé,[1] 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.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Auchenipteridae |
| Genus: | Ageneiosus |
| Species: | A. inermis
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| Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The name Ageneiosus marmoratus has been recently synonymized with A. inermis. The description was based on a strongly pigmented juvenile of A. inermis.[4] The species feeds on a piscivorous diet, mainly hunting catfishes in the family Loricariidae and Doradidae.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Frederico, R.G. (2023). "Ageneiosus inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829721A91628940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829721A91628940.en. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Synonyms of Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766)". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Ageneiosus inermis". FishBase. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2017JFBio..90.1388R. doi:10.1111/jfb.13246. ISSN 0022-1112. PMID 28181255.
- ^ Freitas, T.M.S.; Santos, W.O.; Prudente, B. S.; Montang, L.F.A (2020). "Diet and foraging behavior of Ageneiosus inermis (Teleostei, Auchenipteridae)". Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 15 (3): 209–218. doi:10.3897/neotropical.15.e53383.
Further reading
edit- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
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