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Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898)

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Nishant Kikani (2) Daniel Blom (4) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (3) Enrico Richter (2) Liam Irons-Mclean (3)

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Found in deep rivererine waters and is very much a predator in its environment and also the home aquarium. Aquarium Care: Needs a large aquarium with tankmates of the same size or larger with low lighting as you will be able to view this catfish during daylight hours. Diet: Fishes, crustacea. In the aquarium you can feed beef heart (sparingly) pieces of fish, frozen sardines and of course live fishes which would not be very ethical. Does not need to be fed every day, twice a week would suffice.

Common Name:

Zebra catfish

Synonyms:

Platystoma juruense, Ginesia cunaguaro

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basin. Type locality: Rio Jurua, an affluent of the Amazons, Brazil.

Size:

60.0cm. (24ins)

Temp:

22-27°C (71-81°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1995 Aquarien Atlas. Band 4. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle, Germany. 864 p.

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

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Juvenile

Brachyplatystoma juruense

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Head view

Brachyplatystoma juruense

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Mouth view

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Head view

Brachyplatystoma juruense
'Flash Zebra'

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Peru

Brachyplatystoma juruense

Brachyplatystoma juruense
Head view

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