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Auchenipterichthys
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Species
midnight catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAuchenipteridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations9
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Collections
- AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MPEG, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Auchenipteridae
- Image
- Auchenipterichthys sp.jpg
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- taxon name
- Auchenipterichthys
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- topic's main category
- Category:Auchenipterichthys
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Encyclopedic overview
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Auchenipterichthys is a genus of driftwood catfishes found in South America.
==Taxonomy== Auchenipterichthys was first described by Pieter Bleeker in 1862, who designated A. thoracatus (originally described by Kner in 1857 as Auchenipterus thoracatus) as the type species. There are no derived states that is unique to this genus; however, there is no evidence that has been advanced to indicate that this genus is not monophyletic.
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