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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Aguarunichthys: From Aguarun, a Peruvian tribe that lives in the limit with Ecuador+ Greek, ichthys = fish.
Eponymy: The Awajun people, better known by the name Aguaruna, the second-largest native population in the Peruvian Amazon, occupy a portion of the Río Morona basin (Departamento Loreto, Peru), where these fish occur. INPA is the acronym for Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, which helped fund the authors’ field work (Aguarunichthys inpai) and whose staff supplied Ploeg with ‘enormous amounts of material’ which served partially as the basis for his [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
Collected at depth ~30 m, bottom trot-line.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; air tawar bentopelagis; kisaran kedalaman ? - 30 m (Ref. 36506). Tropical
South America: middle Amazon River basin.
Size / Weight / umur
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL jantan/; (Ref. 29005)
Duri punggung (Keseluruhan (total)) : 1; duri punggung lunak (Keseluruhan (total)) : 6; Duri dubur: 5; Sirip dubur lunak: 9.
Collected at depth of about 30 m using bottom trotline (Ref. 36506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Kematangan | Reproduksi, perkembang biakan | Pemijahan | telur-telur | Fecundity | Larva
Zuanon, J.A.S., L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel and M. Jégu, 1993. Two new species of Aguarunichthys from the Amazon basin (Siluroidei: Pimelodidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 4(3):251-260. (Ref. 29005)
Status IUCN Red List (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
ancaman kepada manusia
Harmless
penggunaan manusia
Alat, peralatan
laporan khas
muat turun XML
Sumber internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00278 - 0.01246), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Daya lenting (Ref.
120179): sedang, Waktu penggandaan populasi minimum 1.4 - 4.4 tahun (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).