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Trachycorystes - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/pisces/actinopterygii/siluriformes/auchenip

List of species.

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Trachycorystes trachycorystes - English
URL: http://www.aquajapan.com/encyc/catfish/auchenipteridae/trachycorystes/trachycory

Photos.

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Species Summary for Trachelyichthys exilis - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?&genusname=trachelyichthys&sp

South America: Rio Mamón, Upper Amazonas basin.

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Parauchenipterus - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/pisces/actinopterygii/siluriformes/auchenip

List of species.

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Nonindigenous fishes - Parauchenipterus galeatus - English
URL: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/fishes/accounts/auchenip/pa_galea.html

Tropical America. Widely distributed in Atlantic drainages of northern and central South America including the Orinoco and Amazon river basins, drainages in the Guianas, and possibly elsewhere.

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Centromochlus - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/pisces/actinopterygii/siluriformes/auchenip

List of species.

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New or Rare South Americans - Centromochlus perugiae - English
URL: http://www.planetcatfish.com/icosa/new_and_rare/centromochlus_perugiae.htm

While most of the driftwood catfishes generally show modest colours, there are, especially in genus Tatia and Centromochlus, some very nice coloured species. During the spring of 1999, Bitter Exotics (Geeste, Germany) succeeded in importing one of the prettiest members of these genera from Peru; Centromochlus perugiae.

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Auchenipteridae - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/faucheni.html

The Family Auchenipteridae contains these Genera: Auchenipterus, Centromochlus, Glanidium, Parauchenipterus, Tatia, Trachelyichthys, Trachycorystes.

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Nonindigenous fishes - Auchenipteridae - English
URL: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/fishes/accounts/auchenip/auchenip.html

This neotropical catfish family comprises 21 genera and about 60 species (Nelson 1994). Auchenipterids range from the Parana-La Plata basin in Argentina north to Panama (Berra 1981). They are small- to medium-sized fishes without armor or plates.

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Family Auchenipteridae - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=147

Driftwood catfishes are known to occur in rivers from Panama to Argentina. Naked body. Three pairs of barbels in all but one species, the maxillary pair being the longest. Pectoral and dorsal fins with a strong spine.

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