Description:
The caudal fin is emarginate with the upper lobe significantly
longer. Humeral process with spines that increase
in size towards the back. Colouration:
Very similar to Amblydoras affinis from the
Rio Branco. It also has a longer and broader longitodinal
band. The belly is light with small dark spots and
the poscleitral bridge presents lot of melanophores.
Habitat: Mostly caught in the Mata
Matà black water course which empties into
the Amazon River in the Ambyiacu. Aquarium
Care: No problem in a normal community tank
as long as you can give them plenty of hiding places
to make them feel more secure. Diet:Good quality flake food, frozen blood worms
and tablet food. Live worms such as whiteworm and
cut up garden worms.
Common
Name:
Monitor Catfish
Synonyms:
Zathorax monitor
Family:
Doradidae
Distribution:
South America:
Upper Amazon River basin. Type locality:
Small streams tributary to the Ambyiacu, as well as
the river itself which empties into the Amazon near
Pebas, in Eastern Ecuador, some distance east of the
Napo.
Size:
9.0cm. (3¾ins)
Temp:
23-28°C (73-83°F)
p.H.
6.5-7.5.
Reference:
Conservación
Internacional; seris de Guías Tropicales
De Campo. Pecos del medio Amazonas Región de
Leticia. 546 p. Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary
types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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