Platystacus
cotylephorus (Bloch,
1794) |
| |
| Image
contributors to this species: |
| Klaus
Dreymann (2) Allan
James (1) Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library
(2) |
| ScotCat
Sources: |
 
|
| Other
Sources: |
  
|
| |
| Relevant
Information: |
Aquarium Care:
Very peaceful species which will do well in a quite community tank
where the tank mates are non-aggressive. Spends most of the day
buried in the sand substrate. Provide sand as a substrate and a
planted dark area to make them feel more secure in their surroundings.
Can be kept in fresh or brackish water systems. The males are more
colourful than the females and also possess a longer dorsal and
pectoral fins. Diet: Live and frozen foods such
as mosquito larvae, tubifex, earthworms, whiteworms and small crustacea.
Tablet foods and sunken flake that lies on the bottom is also taken.
Breeding: The eggs stick to the females abdomen
after spawning. Short stalks appear with the eggs attached and only
disappear when the eggs hatch. |
| Common
Name: |
Mottled Eel-Tailed
Banjo Catfish
|
| Synonyms: |
Aspredo
cotylephorus, Silurus hexadactylus, Cotylephorus blochii, Aspredo
sexcirrhis, Aspredo spectrum, Platystacus nematophorus |
| Family: |
Aspredinidaemblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
America: Coastal waters and lower portions of rivers of
northern South America, from Venezuela to northern Brazil. |
| Size:
|
30.0cm.
(12ins) |
| Temp: |
22-25°c
(71-77°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5 -8.0. |
| Reference: |
Baensch, H.A. and
R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für
Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of
siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Catfish Study Group; Information Sheet no.97 |
