Ageneiosus inermis, also known as Fidalgo, Dawala or Mandubé,[1] is a species of driftwood catfish of the family Auchenipteridae. It can be found throughout South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Uruguay and northern Argentina.[3][4]

Mandubé
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Genus: Ageneiosus
Species:
A. inermis
Binomial name
Ageneiosus inermis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[2]
  • Silurus inermis Linnaeus, 1766
  • Ageneiosus armatus Lacepède, 1803
  • Ageniosus brevifilis Valenciennes, 1840
  • Hypothalmus dawalla Jardine, 1841
  • Ageneiosus dawalla (Jardine, 1841)
  • Davalla schomburgkii Bleeker, 1858
  • Ageniosus axillaris Günther, 1864
  • Ageneiosus axillaris Günther, 1864
  • Ageneiosus sebae Günther, 1864
  • Ageneiosus therezine Steindachner, 1909
  • Ageneiosus ogilviei Fowler, 1914
  • Ageneiosus gabardinii Risso & Risso, 1964

The name Ageneiosus marmoratus has been recently synonymized with A. inermis. The description was based on a strongly pigmented juvenile of A. inermis.[4] The species feeds on a piscivorous diet, mainly hunting catfishes in the family Loricariidae and Doradidae.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Frederico, R.G. (2023). "Ageneiosus inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829721A91628940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829721A91628940.en. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus, 1766)". Fishbase. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Ageneiosus inermis". FishBase. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ribeiro, F. R. V.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L. H.; Walsh, S. J. (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the South American catfish genus Ageneiosus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with the description of four new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 90 (4): 1388–1478. Bibcode:2017JFBio..90.1388R. doi:10.1111/jfb.13246. ISSN 0022-1112. PMID 28181255.
  5. ^ Freitas, T.M.S.; Santos, W.O.; Prudente, B. S.; Montang, L.F.A (2020). "Diet and foraging behavior of Ageneiosus inermis (Teleostei, Auchenipteridae)". Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 15 (3): 209–218. doi:10.3897/neotropical.15.e53383.

Further reading

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  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.