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Tatia
strigata Soares-Porto, 1995 |
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| Yann
Fulliquet (3) Aqualife
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Tatia strigata
is the only species of the genus with a completely striped colour
pattern, bearing whitish elongate longitudinal irregular stripes
along lateral sides of body. A unique arrangement of adult male
modified anal fin is present, with the second unbranched anal-fin
ray with anterior enlarged segments and a notch formed by the reduction
of the second and third branched rays (Soares-Porto, 1995). It is
also distinguished from all congeners by a combination of characteristics:
four branched pectoral-fin rays; 7 ribs; 29-30 vertebrae; and mature
males with upper caudal-fin lobe slightly elongated, same length
in females. Tatia strigata is recorded
from central Amazon basin, Negro river and Casiquiare Channel and
is sympatric with T.dunni
in the Casiquiare Channel and Negro river. Aquarium Care:
As with most members of this family they are very secretive and
will stay hidden for most of the day. Dim lighting will see
them come out for food which they eat with gutso. Will have no problem
with most co-habitants but will eat small fish/fry in the aquarium.
Diet: In its native habitat they feed on small
invertebrates and crustaceans and in the aquarium they will eat
anything given such as frozen bloodworm inserted in to their hideaway,
catfish tablets, white worm (sparingly) and prawns and shrimp. They
do like their food and you can see them shooting out of their hideouts
and swimming in a frenzied manner to try and take all for themselves,
especially when you feed them their favourite food, frozen bloodworm. |
| Common
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| Synonyms: |
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| Family: |
Auchenipteridaeblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
America: Amazon River basin and upper
reaches of the Orinoco River. Type locality: Brazil,
Amazonas, Municipio de Maués, Igarapé Limãozinho. |
| Size:
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12.0cm.
(4¾ins) |
| Temp: |
22-25°c
(71-77°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa
Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic
revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)
Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495- 542, 2008.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 48. June 2000.
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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