Epapterus dispilurus

Epapaterus dispilurus
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Auchenipteridae
Subfamily:	Auchenipterinae
Genus:	Epapterus
Species:	E. dispilurus
Binomial name
	Epapterus dispilurus; Cope, 1878

Epapterus dispilurus is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the central and western parts of the Amazon River basin along and south of the main channel of the Amazon River, and Paraguay River basin in Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil.^[1] E. dispilurus grows to 13.0 cm SL. It inhabits the lower part of larger rivers. They are nocturnal, but are also active during dusk and dawn. They feed on smaller fish.^[2]

References

^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Epapaterus dispilurus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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[1] Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Epapaterus dispilurus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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