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Calophysus macropterus  (Lichtenstein, 1819)
 Image contributors to this species:
 Robin Warne (1) Frants Lehmann (1 Stamp) Wolfgang Ros (5)
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 Common Name:  Vulture Catfish
 Synonyms:  Pimelodes macropterus, Pimelodus ctenodus, Pimeletropsis lateralis  
 Family:  Pimelodidaeycipitidae
 Distribution:  South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins
 Size:  35cm. (14ins)
 Temp:  22 -26°C (71 -79°F)
 p.H.  6.5 -7.2.
 Reference:  Ros, Wolfgang and Schmidt, Jakob (2008): Calophysus macropterus: Ein "Hai" im  Süßwasseraquarium:  D. Aqu. u. Terr. Z. (Datz) 61 (4): 16-18.
 
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Family:   Pimelodidae

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