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Auchenipteridae
Auchenipterus osteomystax
Auchenipterus osteomystax
Dense rakers crowd the first arch into a fine comb
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumAuchenipterus osteomystax is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 39 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Genus
- Auchenipterus
- Maximum length
- 39 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: La Plata River basin, Tocantins River, and several rivers of lower Amazon River basin.
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