“…Auchenipterids are exclusively Neotropical Siluriformes that are widely distributed in all major South American drainages (Ferraris, 2003). Currently, the Auchenipteridae includes 23 genera and c. 118 valid species (Ferraris, 2003(Ferraris, , 2007Rengifo et al, 2008;Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008;Pavanelli & Bifi, 2009;Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2010;Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2010;Akama & Ferraris, 2011;Britski & Akama, 2011;Calegari et al, 2014;Walsh et al, 2015;Eschmeyer et al, 2016). Some species, particularly those of Ageneiosus Lacépède 1803, are commercially important.…”