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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced | oh KEN ip terid day |
| Family Common Name | Driftwood Catfishes |
| Features | The adults of many species exhibit obvious sexual differences. The main features that of all species are a bony head plate, naked flanks and a lack of nasal barbels. |
| Common Names | Wood cats, Zamora catfish, jaguar catfish, Slopehead catfish. |
| Size | Smallest 27mm, largest 590mm, average 133mm, most commonly 120mm. All SL. |
| Subfamilies | There are 2 subfamilies in the database |
| Species | There are 12 "species" in 10 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 12 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Breeders | 12 "species" (100%) are being bred. |
| Distribution | South America Login to view the map. |
| Subfamilies in Auchenipteridae (by species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Centromochlinae | 87 species | (725%) |
| 2. | Auchenipterinae | 41 species | (342%) |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Auchenipterichthys | 5 species | (54 keepers) |
| 2. | Trachelyopterus | 19 species | (42 keepers) |
| 3. | Trachelyichthys | 3 species | (41 keepers) |
| 4. | Tatia | 24 species | (29 keepers) |
| 5. | Ageneiosus | 14 species | (22 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (29.35%) | |
| 2. | (17.38%) | |
| 3. | (12.19%) | |
| 4. | (9.48%) | |
| 5. | (9.26%) | |
| 6. | (5.19%) | |
| 7. | (4.97%) | |
| 8. | (3.16%) | |
| 9. | (2.48%) | |
| 10. | (2.48%) | |
| 11. | (2.26%) | |
| 12. | (1.81%) | |
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/duringlanis/perugiae/1.jpg "Duringlanis perugiae")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/intermedia/1.jpg "Tatia intermedia")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/auchenipterichthys/coracoideus/1.jpg "Auchenipterichthys coracoideus")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/trachelyopterus/fisheri/1.jpg "Trachelyopterus fisheri")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/trachelyichthys/exilis/1.jpg "Trachelyichthys exilis")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/reticulata/1.jpg "Tatia reticulata")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/ageneiosus/inermis/1.jpg "Ageneiosus inermis")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/duringlanis/altae/1.jpg "Duringlanis altae")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/gyrinus/1.jpg "Tatia gyrinus")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/duringlanis/romani/1.jpg "Duringlanis romani")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/dunni/1.jpg "Tatia dunni")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/strigata/1.jpg "Tatia strigata")
| Most Bred Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Kept) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:26, k:130, b:12) | |
| 2. | (i:31, k:77, b:9) | |
| 3. | (i:15, k:42, b:7) | |
| 4. | (i:13, k:23, b:4) | |
| 5. | (i:22, k:54, b:2) | |
| 6. | (i:20, k:11, b:2) | |
| 7. | (i:24, k:41, b:2) | |
| 8. | (i:23, k:22, b:1) | |
| 9. | (i:6, k:14, b:1) | |
| 10. | (i:13, k:10, b:1) | |
| 11. | (i:9, k:11, b:1) | |
| 12. | (i:14, k:8, b:1) | |