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Asterophysus batrachus Kner, 1858

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Daniel Blom (3) Allan James (3) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Enrico Richter (1)

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The mouth of this species is reminiscent of the Salmonidae (Salmon) family which is a good identification indicator. Very predatory which is unusual for a member of the Auchenipteridae family. Aquarium Care: You would need to choose tank mates very carefully as they will attack fish that are even larger than them and try and take them into their large expanding mouth. Would probably be better in species tank on their own. Diet: Krill, shrimp, earthworms, daphnia and fish. As they get older they will need to be fed less as they will regurgitate their food if fed too much.

Common Name:

Ogre Catfish, Gulper Catfish

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Orinoco and Negro River basins. Type locality: Marabitanos, Brazil.

Size:

25.0cm. (10ins)

Temp:

23-28°c (73-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes). p. 470-482. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).

Family: Auchenipteridae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Asterophysus batrachus
Showing the wide gape mouth

Asterophysus batrachus
Showing the Salmon shaped mouth

Asterophysus batrachus
After a feed

Asterophysus batrachus

Asterophysus batrachus
Showing gape of mouth

Asterophysus batrachus

Asterophysus batrachus
Head View

Asterophysus batrachus
Female

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