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Centromochlus musaicus (Royero 1992)

Image contributors to this species:

Flair Wang (1) Erlend D. Bertelsen (1) Andreas Zapata (2)

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Relevant Information:

Listed in Soares et al, 2008 and some other publications as Centromochlus musaica, but the former as incertae sedis (of uncertain placement and signifies a taxonomic group difficult to place in the larger taxonomic scheme). Sometimes also named as Tatia musaicus. Aquarium Care: Whatever the placement of this small driftwood cat it would probably be best kept in the same conditions as Duringlanis perugiae and would need a planted tank with the lighting not too bright. Diet: Feeding of frozen bloodworm which they will come out of hiding to feed on, catfish tablets, daphnia, white worm (sparingly) and any other small worm-like foods. There is a species which is very much like C. musaicus from the lower Rio Nhamundá, in the western Pará, Brazil. Centromochlus orca previously known in the hobby as Tatia sp. "Ninja". The main differences is that C. musaicus does not have a white spot/blotch underneath the dorsal fin and has a different pattern on the caudal fin from this species. Etymology: The genus name Centromochlus: kentron, thorn or spine; mochlus, lever or crowbar, presumably referring to strongly serrated dorsal-fin spine. The specific name musaicus: referring to its mosaic colour pattern.

Common Name:

Ninja Tatia

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Atabapo and Autana River basins in upper Orinoco River drainage, Venezuela/Colombia. Type locality: Río Atuana, Caño Cabeza de Manteco, approximadamente a 12 kms debajo del raudel Pereza, en el pidemonte del tepui Autana, Territorio Federal, Amazonas, Venezuela, 4º47'N, 67º23'W.

Size:

5.0cm. (2ins)

Temp:

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Grant, S., 2015. Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile No 3. pp, 1-16.
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495- 542, 2008.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 60. June 2001.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Centromochlus musaicus
From Colombia

Centromochlu musaicus
Rio Atabapo

Centromochlus musaicus

Centromochlus musaicus
Colour pattern

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