Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total):
6; Anal spines: 5; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Habitat:
Collected in areas with strong currents, rocky bottom.
Aquarium Care: Very much a catfish
for the larger aquarium to be kept by the more serious
catfish keeper. As with most species in this genera
it will be predatory so would need to be kept with
fish that are not too small although this species
would be better to be kept on its own as other fish
will be seen as prey. A large tank would be needed
no smaller than 2 metres (6ft) long and a depth of
70cm (28ins) with powerful filtration, to give it
plenty of swimming space. Diet: Earthworms,
fish fillets, frozen foods such as whole and unbroken
smelts, shrimp or mussel meat. Tablet and pellet foods
will also be taken.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Pimelodidae
Distribution:
South America:
Tocantins River basin, Brazil. Type locality:
Brazil: Pará State: Tocantins River drainage,
rapids above Marabá.
Size:
32.0cm. (13ins)
Temp:
22-27°C (71-81°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.2.
Reference:
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary
types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.
2011. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version.
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