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Trachelyopterus galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Auchenipteridae
genus
Trachelyopterus
species
Trachelyopterus galeatus

Name

Synonyms
Auchenipterus galeatus (Linne) Linne
Auchenipterus maculosus Valenciennes, 1840
Parauchenipterus galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Parauchenipterus paseae Regan, 1906
Pseudauchenipterus galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Silurus galeatus Linnaeus, 1766
Trachycorystes galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Homonyms
Trachelyopterus galeatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names
Anujá in Portuguese
Apretador in Spanish
Auchéniptère tacheté in French
Auchéniptère tacheté in French
Cangati, Cachorro-do-padre, Anuiá, Nojado in language.
Common wood catfish in English
Common wood catfish in English
Novia cunchi in Spanish
Noya in language.
Noya in language.
Nuya in language.
Oyak, Anvou in language.
Pacamão in Portuguese
Pacu in Portuguese
Palatka in language.
Peixe cachorro in Portuguese
Trachélyoptère tacheté in French
Yawa in language.
trnovčík přilbovitý in Czech
Бронированный большеглазый сом in Russian
Noja in language.
Anujá in Portuguese
Envou in language.
Novia cunchi in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  4. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210. | Galvis G., J. I. Mojica, F. Provenzano, C. Lasso, D. Taphorn, R. Royero, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, Y. López, L. Mesa, P. Sánchez & C. Cipamocha. 2007. Peces de la Orinoquia colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, INCODER, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Departamento de Biología- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Bogotá, Colombia. 425 pp.
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