Description

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Common Names

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Bagre , Spanish , Venezuela

Barbudo , Spanish , Ecuador

Mararate , Spanish , Peru

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Auchenipteridae

Genus: Auchenipterus

Species: Auchenipterus ambyiacus Fowler, 1915

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Upper and middle Amazon and Orinoco River basins and coastal rivers of Guyana.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic