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Acanthodoras depressus (Steindachner, 1881)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Mark Henry Sabaj (2)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase  Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Wherever possible it is recommend that the aquarist keep these catfish in small groups of four to six specimens, assuming that they are available in these numbers; failing this Acanthodoras depressus are quite happy to shoal with other members of the family Doradidae. In their natural habitat they would be found in very large shoals. They are ideally suited to being kept in a community aquarium environment with other medium to large species of fish such as Bleeding Heart Tetras, Emperor Tetras and other catfish. The main thing to remember is that these catfish have quite a large mouth and are capable of eating any fish small enough to fit inside. Diet: Omnivorous, feeds mainly on organic wastes. Searches for food by digging in the sediment. In the aquarium as with all the other doradids, Acanthodoras depressus is omnivorous and readily accepts a mixed and varied diet which they search through the substrate for. Sinking catfish pellets, good quality flake foods, granular foods, cultured whiteworm, earthworms, aquatic snails which they relish and frozen foods such as bloodworm. Remarks: Very rare in imports.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Doras (Rhinodoras) depressus

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Negro River basins in Brazil. Type Locality: Ausstände (Lago Alexo) mittleren Laufe des Amazonen-Stromes.

Size:

8.0cm. (3¼ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2021).
Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003. Doradidae (Thorny catfishes). p. 456-469. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.



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Holotype NMW 46870

 

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