Anaspidoglanis
macrostoma (Pellegrin, 1909)
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| Hippocampus
Bildarchiv
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Jensen's Photographic Library
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| Relevant
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This species, is the
smaller of three from the same African genus of Anaspidoglanis
Teugels, Risch, De Vos & Thys, 1991. The other two being Anaspidoglanis
akiri (Risch 1987) and Anaspidoglanis boutchangai
(Thys van den Audenaerde 1965). It was a member of the African-Asian
Bagridae family until 1991 when Mo split it up and constructed
a new family, Claroteidae, which is closely related to the Bagrids.
This African bagrid is a night time predator so tank mates would
need to be at least over 3 ins (7cm) to escape its clutches. Tank
mates could include the larger African Characins such as the Congo
Tetras ( Phenacogrammus interruptus) and the larger American
Characins such as from the Distichodus genera. Larger
Barbs like the Tinfoil Barb (Barbus schwanefeldi) could
be a good choice. Alternately, you could house one in a Cichlid
Community as long as it is not a Rift Valley set-up as the higher
p.H. may prove a bit too high over a long period of time. Try
to keep less bottom dwellers with a Dwarf Giraffe Catfish as they
are quite territorial and need their own hiding niche such as
a rock/slate shelter so it can rest up during the day. |
| Common
Name: |
Dwarf Giraffe
Catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Parauchenoglanis
macrostoma, Auchenoglanis macrostoma, Parauchenoglanis ansorgei,
Parauchenoglanis ansorgii |
| Family: |
Claroteidae blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
S. Cameroon, Gabon, and Congo River system. Type locality:
Ngomo (Ogôoué) [Gabon]. |
| Size:
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24cm.
(9ins) |
| Temp: |
23-27°C
(73-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-8.0. |
| Reference: |
ScotCat Factsheet
no. 92. Feb. 2004.
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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Family:
Claroteidae
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