# Agamyxis

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{{short description|Genus of thorny catfishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Agamyxis''
| image = Agamyxis.jpg 
| taxon = Agamyxis
| authority = [Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1878
| type_species = ''Doras pectinifrons''
| type_species_authority = Cope, 1870
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
}}

'''''Agamyxis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [thorny catfish](/source/thorny_catfish)es.

== Species ==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Agamyxis| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref>
* ''[Agamyxis albomaculatus](/source/Agamyxis_albomaculatus)'' <small>([W. K. H. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1877)</small> (Spiny cat-fish)
* ''[Agamyxis pectinifrons](/source/Agamyxis_pectinifrons)'' <small>([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1870)</small> (Spotted Raphael catfish, Spotted doradid, Whitebarred catfish)

==Distribution==
This genus is found in [tropical](/source/tropical) [South America](/source/South_America).

==Description==
Both species reach about 15&nbsp;centimetres (6&nbsp;in) [SL](/source/fish_measurement).<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](/source/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](/source/aquarium) trade.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==See also==
*[List of freshwater aquarium fish species](/source/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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