Agamyxis
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Great Britain's catfish ( Agamyxis pectinifrons ) |
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| Cope , 1878 |
Agamyxis is a genus of fish from the family of thorn catfish (Doradidae). The genus contains two very similar species, the comb- buckthorn catfish ( Agamyxis pectinifrons ( Cope , 1870)) and Agamyxis albomaculatus ( Peters , 1877),known from the aquarium hobby . Agamyxis albomaculatus is common in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela , while Agamyxis pectinifrons inhabitsthe Amazon Basin .
features
Both species reach a height of about 15 cm. Characteristic are the compact, rounded body, the broad, slightly flattened head and a relatively short tail stalk armored above and below with bone plates. The caudal fin is slightly rounded, the short dorsal fin is high and triangular. Its spiky ray is serrated on its leading edge and on the sides. The adipose fin is shorter than the anal fin. The bone plates on the tail stalk distinguish Agamyxis from the closely related genus Acanthodoras .
literature
- Hans-Jochim Franke: Handbook of Welskunde. Urania-Verlag, 1985.
- Axel Zarske: Agamyxis. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 27.
Web links
- Agamyxis on Fishbase.org (English)