www.scotcat.com


Your internet guide to
all things catfish


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to Family page Back to Family page



Sperata acicularis  Ferraris & Runge, 1999
Image contributors to this species:
amiidae (2) Adrian Taylor (2)
ScotCat Sources:
     
Other Sources:
Fishbase  Google Search  All Catfish Species Inventory  Search ispecies  Wikipedia
 
Relevant Information: Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same genus.
Common Name: Silver shovelnose catfish
Synonyms: None 
Family: Bagridaemblycipitidae
Distribution: Asia: Myanmar; Irrawaddy, Bago and Tenasserim River systems. Type locality: Myanmar, Yangon Division, South Oak-ka-lar-pa market (eastern Yangon).
Size: 40cm. (16ins) S L
Temp: 23-26°C (73-79°F)
p.H. 6.0-7.2.
Reference: Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.


Back to Family page

Back to Family Back to Family page Back to Family Back to Family page


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                                                updated = December 26, 2011 © ScotCat 1997-2011