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Scientific Name Auchenipterus fordicei  Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Common Name
Type Locality Lago do Coari on Rio Solimões at Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
Pronunciation awk en NIP terr uss
Etymology Auchenipterus: From the Greek, auchenos, meaning neck and pteron, meaning fin; in reference to the long cranial shield, which gives the appearance that the dorsal fin originates at the neck region. 
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Size 99mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Middle Amazon River basin.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Reference Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 1 (pt 2), pp 151.
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Last Update 2017 May 30 23:01 (species record created: 2017 May 19 16:34)