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Noturus
miurus Jordan, 1877
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Matt Wagner (4) |
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Relevant Information: |
Inhabits riffles, pools below
riffles and runs over gravel and sand mixed with sticks and
leaves in creeks and small rivers. Also found in lakes. Feeds
on dipteran larvae (midges and blackflies), mayflies (Potamanthus
and Stenonema), and hydropsychid caddisflies (Cheumatopsyche).
Aquarium Care: The Madtoms are well suited
to aquarium life. Provide river gravel and smooth rounded
stones for hiding places during the day. A power filter at
one end of the tank will provide the conditions of a flowing
stream for these catfish. Can be housed with other North American
fishes such as minnows, darters and shiners. Diet:They
like most meaty food, such as cut-up earth worms, frozen blood
worm and prawns. They will also take tablet and pellet foods.
A varied diet will keep them in optimum health. Inhabits mainstream
rivers of small to medium size and the lower reaches of their
major tributaries. Most commonly associated with moderate
velocities, moderate depth (about 60 cm), clean sand or clay
substrata and cover in the form of leaf packs, brush and log
jams. |
Common
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Brindled madtom |
Synonyms: |
None |
Family: |
Ictaluridae |
Distribution: |
North America:
lower Great Lakes drainages in Ontario, Canada and New York,
USA southwest through most of Ohio River basin and lower Mississippi
River basin (west to east Kansas and Oklahoma); Mohawk River
in New York; Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain drainages
in Mississippi and Louisiana, USA. Type locality:
Maumee River basin, lower Wabash River basin and White River
near Indianapolis, Indiana [restricted to White River near
Indianapolis, by lectotype designation]. |
Size: |
11.0cm. (4¼ins) |
Temp: |
16 -23°C (59-73°F) |
p.H. |
6.5-7.0. |
Reference: |
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr,
1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America
north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2016.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (
06/2016 )
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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