No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Auchenipteridae.
分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Siluriformes (Catfishes) 鯰形目 (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) 頸鰭鯰科 (Driftwood catfishes) > Auchenipterinae
Etymology: Ageneiosus:Greek, a = without + greek, geneias, -ados = bear, chin (Ref. 45335); apiaka:Named in honor of the Apiakas, Amerindian ethnic group from the type locality, Teles Pires River upper Tapajos River basin (Ref. 124585).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學
臀鰭軟條: 40 - 42; 脊椎骨: 47 - 48. This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: D I,6; A 40-42 (mode 42); P I,12-14 (mode 12); pelvic fin i,6; total vertebrate 47 or 48; GR 13-16 (mode 14) on anterolateral margin of first branchial arch; caudal fin deeply forked, with pointed lobes; reduced and ossified gas bladder; presence of epaxial musculature covering tympanic area; robust, rigid and sharp pectoral spine; upper jaw extending anterior to the lower jaw by a distance less than the horizontal eye diameter. Colouration: body light in color with a dark stripe extending dorsolaterally from origin of dorsal-fin base to caudal-fin base, usually extending to the middle portion of dorsal lobe of caudal fin; dorsal portion behind eyes, frontals and most of the snout is dark; pectoral fin hyaline to completely dark; pelvic fin hyaline or lightly pigmented by scattered melanophores; anal fin hyaline, usually yellowish at base; caudal fin hyaline, generally yellowish at base, sometimes with scattered pigment on base of caudal-fin lobes (Ref. 124585).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
Ribeiro, F.R.V., L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel and S.J. Walsh, 2017. Taxonomic revision of the South American catfish genus Ageneiosus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with the description of four new species. J. Fish Biol. 90:1388-1478. (Ref. 124585)
