Brachyplatystoma
juruense (Boulenger, 1898)
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Kikani (2) Daniel
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Jensen's Photographic Library (3)
Enrico
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Found in deep rivererine
waters and is very much a predator in its environment and also
the home aquarium. Aquarium Care: Needs a large
aquarium with tankmates of the same size or larger with low lighting
as you will be able to view this catfish during daylight hours.
Diet: Fishes, crustacea. In the aquarium you
can feed beef heart (sparingly) pieces of fish, frozen sardines
and of course live fishes. |
| Common
Name: |
Zebra catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Platystoma juruense,
Ginesia cunaguaro |
| Family: |
Pimelodidaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South America:
Amazon and Orinoco River basin. Type locality:
Rio Jurua, an affluent of the Amazons, Brazil. |
| Size:
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60cm.
(24ins) |
| Temp: |
22
-27°C (71 -81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0
-7.2. |
| Reference: |
Baensch, H.A.
and R. Riehl 1995 Aquarien Atlas. Band 4. Mergus Verlag
GmbH, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle, Germany.
864 p. |
