Agamyxis
Sign in to saveAgamyxis is a genus of thorny catfishes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyDoradidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded258
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Doradidae
- Collections
- INHS, USNM, AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MNHN
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Bolivia, United States, Brasil, Bolivie
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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- Description
- Ecology
- In the aquarium
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Agamyxis is a genus of thorny catfishes.
== Species == There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Agamyxis albomaculatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1877) (Spiny cat-fish) Agamyxis pectinifrons (Cope, 1870) (Spotted Raphael catfish, Spotted doradid, Whitebarred catfish)
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