Ageneiosus uranophthalmus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ribeiro, Frank Raynner V., Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia H. (2010): Ageneiosus uranophthalmus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (1): 97-104, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252010000100012, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252010000100012&lng=en&tlng=en Ageneiosus uranophthalmus is described from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil.

The new species is widely distributed in the Amazon and is distinguished from its congeners by the V-shape snout and eye laterally placed and dorsally oriented, more visible in dorsal view than in ventral view. Ageneiosus uranophthalmus shows a range of variation on color pattern when compared with its congeners. This and other differences are described and discussed herein.