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Auchenipterus demerarae Eigenmann, 1912

Image contributors to this species:

Eigenmann, Carl H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana' (1) Erling Holm (1)

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Description: Auchenipterus demerarae is most similar in appearance to A. nuchalus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) but with a lateral band on the body. Colouration: The sides of the body are peppered with very fine spots with a dark median band from the gill-opening to the caudal. The dorsal and caudal are dusky. The tip of the upper caudal lobe is sometimes quite dark, the lower fin is hyaline.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Demerara, Rupununi, Essequibo and Cuyuni River basins. Type locality: Wismar, British Guiana.

Size:

10.5cm. (4¼ins)

Temp:

23-25°c (73-77°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 202).
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. and R.P. Vari, 1999. The South American catfish genus Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840 (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): monophyly and relationships, with a revisionary study. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (126):387-450.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2020. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2020 ).
www.suedamerikafans.de

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Auchenipterus demerarae

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