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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes) > Auchenipterinae
Etymology: Ageneiosus: Greek, a = without + greek, geneias, -ados = bear, chin (Ref. 45335).

Issue
This species has commonly been misidentified as A. vittatus (Ref. 124585).

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Freshwater; pelagic; depth range 3 - ? m (Ref. 124585). Tropical

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South America: Brazil and Venezuela.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124585)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 32 - 38; Vertebrae: 44 - 47. This species can be distinguished from its congeners (except A. magoi, A. pardalis and A. vittatus) by the presence of prominent dark stripes on the sides of the body (vs. uniform color or with irregular dark specks or blocthes on sides of body). It can further be distinguished from other congeners by the following set of characters: deeply forked caudal fin (vs. caudal fin emarginate to truncate in A. inermis, A. magoi, A. polystictus and A. vittatus); shorter anal fin 32-38 (vs. 39-49 in A. apiaka, A. dentatus, A. ucayalensis and A. uranophthalmus); reduced and ossified gas bladder (vs. large, non-ossified gas bladder) and epaxial musculature covering the tympanic region (vs. tympanic region translucent, not concealed by epaxial musculature) in A. pardalis; fewer gill rakers on the first branchial arch 11-18, mode 13 (vs. 18-30, mode 22 in A. inermis and A. ucayalensis); longer pectoral-fin spine 15.4-21.8% SL (vs. 10.5-14.6% SL) and longer pelvic fin 13.1-17.1% SL (vs. 9.6-13.6% SL) in A. militaris (Ref. 124585).

This species is popular in aquarium trade (Ref. 124585).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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