Driftwood catfish

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iDriftwood catfishes
Trachelyopterus galeatus
Trachelyopterus galeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Bleeker, 1862
Genera

Ageneiosus
Asterophysus
Auchenipterichthys
Auchenipterus
Centromochlus
Entomocorus
Epapterus
Gelanoglanis
Glanidium
Liosomadoras
Parauchenipterus
Pseudauchenipterus
Pseudepapterus
Pseudotatia
Tatia
Tetranematichthys
Tocantinsia
Trachelyichthys
Trachelyopterichthys
Trachelyopterus
Trachycorystes

The driftwood catfishes are a family Auchenipteridae of scaleless catfish found in rivers from Panama to Argentina.

All but one species have three pairs of barbels. While Ageneiosus inermis is known to reach 59 cm in length, most are small, with some species not known at any longer than 3 cm.

The two genera of the family Ageneiosidae have been recently placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 60 species in 19 genera.


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