SCOTCAT.COM  

Rare Aquatics (1) Haakon Haagensen (1) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (3) Dimitris Lysikatos (1) Mario Pinherio (1)

Mees (1974) assigned this species to Tatia but Ferraris (2007) reverted it back to the original genera of Centromochlus. Just recently (September 2019) due to earlier work carried out by U.K. aquarist and amateur ichthyologist Steven Grant (2015) a new paper was released by Bárbara B. Calegari et al whereas this species (C. schultzi), Tatia carolae Vari & Ferraris, 2013 and C. macracanthus Soares-Porto, 2000 were reclassified to a new genus, Balroglanis. In 2021 this species was reclasified back to the original genus of Centromochlus by Coelho, F. L., C. C. Chamon and L. M. Sarmento-Soares. Reproduction: They leave their eggs in a gelatinous mass under stones or bogwood. As of this family the male will fertilise the female internally. Aquarium Care: Keeping this 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. Also provide pipework for this genera for a choice of hiding places. 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. Etymology: Balroglanis: Meaning "Balrog Catfish" and is derived from the Maia, a Balrog known as Durin's Bane, who terrorised Durin the Deathless' descendants in Khazad-dûm, in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings legendarium.

None

Tatia schultzi, Balroglanis schultzi

Auchenipteridae

Brazil: Upper Xingu and Tocantins River basins. Type locality: Brasilien, oberer Rio Xingu.

10.0cm. (4ins)

22-25°c (71-77°f.)

6.0-7.0.

Bárbara B Calegari, Richard P Vari, Roberto E Reis, 2019. Phylogenetic systematics of the driftwood catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a combined morphological and molecular analysis, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, , zlz036.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Grant, S., 2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile 3: 1–16.
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495-542, 2008.