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Centromochlus
romani (Mees, 1988) |
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contributors to this species: |
| Allan
James (1) |
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| Relevant
Information: |
Aquarium Care:
Keeping this rare small species is not too much of a problem as
long as the water is kept clean and not too alkaline with a p.H.of
between 6.5 and 7.0. They do like a planted aquarium where they
like to hide during the day. Diet:
In its native habitat they feed on insects, mostly ants, beetles,
and mayflies and in the aquarium they will eat anything given such
as frozen bloodworm which they will come out of hiding to feed on,
catfish tablets, daphnia, white worm (sparingly) and any other worm-like
foods. Breeding: Has been bred in the aquarium
where they leave their eggs in a gelatinous mass under stones or
bogwood. As of this family the male will fertilise the female internally. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
Tatia
romani |
| Family: |
Auchenipteridaeblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Venezuela;
San Juan River, Orinoco Basin. Type locality:
Río Guarapiche, affluent of the Río San Juan, near
Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela.
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| Size:
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3.0cm (1¼ins) |
| Temp: |
26-28°c
(79-83°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa
Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic
revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)
Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495-542, 2008.
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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