Ageneiosus inermis explained

Ageneiosus inermis, also known as mandubé, Fidalgo or Dawala, 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.^{[1] [2]}

The name Ageneiosus marmoratus has been recently synonymized with A. inermis. The description was based on a strongly pigmented juvenile of A. inermis. The species feeds on a piscivorous diet, mainly hunting catfishes in the family Loricariidae and Doradidae.^[3]

Further reading

• 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. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ageneiosus inermis. FishBase. 9 December 2014.
2. Ribeiro . F. R. V. . Rapp Py-Daniel . L. H. . Walsh . S. J. . Taxonomic revision of the South American catfish genus Ageneiosus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with the description of four new species . Journal of Fish Biology . 2017 . 90 . 4 . 1388–1478 . 0022-1112 . 10.1111/jfb.13246. 28181255 . 2017JFBio..90.1388R .
3. Diet and foraging behavior of Ageneiosus inermis (Teleostei, Auchenipteridae) . Freitas . T.M.S. . Santos . W.O. . Prudente . B. S. . Montang . L.F.A . Neotropical Biology and Conservation . 2020. 15 . 3 . 209–218 . 10.3897/neotropical.15.e53383 . free .