{{short description|Genus of thorny catfishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Agamyxis'' | image = Agamyxis.jpg | taxon = Agamyxis | authority = Cope, 1878 | type_species = ''Doras pectinifrons'' | type_species_authority = Cope, 1870 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
'''''Agamyxis''''' is a genus of thorny catfishes.
== Species == There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Agamyxis| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref> * ''Agamyxis albomaculatus'' <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1877)</small> (Spiny cat-fish) * ''Agamyxis pectinifrons'' <small>(Cope, 1870)</small> (Spotted Raphael catfish, Spotted doradid, Whitebarred catfish)
==Distribution== This genus is found in tropical South America.
==Description== Both species reach about 15 centimetres (6 in) SL.<ref name=Fishbase/> These species both appear very similar; ''A. albomaculatus'' might be slimmer, have more spots and a different pattern on its caudal fin.<ref name=scotcat>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/agamyxis_pectinifrons.htm|title=''Agamyxis pectinifrons'' (Cope, 1870)|date=2006-04-17|accessdate=2007-06-16}}</ref>
==Ecology== These catfish are able to make sounds by grinding their pectoral fin bones against their shoulder bones.<ref name=scotcat/> They can live for 17 years.<ref name=scotcat/>
==In the aquarium== Both species in this genus are popular in the aquarium trade.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
==See also== *List of freshwater aquarium fish species
==References== <references/>
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Category:Doradidae Category:Fish of South America Category:Fish of the Amazon basin Category:Catfish genera Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Category:Freshwater fish genera
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