The common name of the
'slobering catfish or "Babão" relates to the
wide, long and flattened mandibular barbels which the local fishermen
thought looked like mucus hanging from the mouth. Migrates during
the high water or flood season. It may be that they are moving
to the spawning grounds of the swampy areas of the Rio Beni and
Rio Mamore in eastern Bolivia. Aquarium Care:
Not really a catfish for the aquarium as they get too big and
very predatory. Will be kept by knowledgeable big cat enthusiasts
in large tanks on their own or with large fish of the same nature.
South America:
Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Type locality:
Brazil, Pará.
Size:
100cm.
(3ft 4ins)
Temp:
22
-27°C (71 -81°F)
p.H.
6.0
-7.2.
Reference:
Burgess, W.E.
1989 An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary
survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune
City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
