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Exallodontus aguanai Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991

 

Image contributors to this species:

Wolfgang Ros (6) Enrico Richter (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Etymology = Genus

Other Sources:

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

Relevant Information:

Exallodontus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsi, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus. The first six images by the image contributor depicts an adult specimen of 20cm SL. Aquarium Care: Looks a bit like Pinarampus pinirampu, which gets much bigger (up to 1 metre and more). In my opinion Exallodontus aguanai is not really a good predator catfish species for the home aquarium because it is always nervous, and with its hectic movements especially at night, it makes the other fish nervous too. Can be kept alone or with other E. aguanai specimens. Can be kept with other species only if they are not too small and bigger species only if they are not aggressive. Prefers a strong current. he only advantage with keeping, is its final  length (= ca. 20-25 cm) (Wolfgang Ros, pers comm 2008). Diet: Feeding is easy, because it takes all kind of food (small live but also pieces of fish filet, also tablets, pellets, even Tetra Min flakes) (Wolfgang Ros, pers comm 2008).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Type locality: Venezuela, Territorio Federal Delta Amacuro, Río Orinoco near Los Castillos, 159 n mi from sea buoy at the terminus of the ship navigation channel in Boca Grande, 8º32'N, 62º23'W, 20–30 m.

Size:

20.0cm. (8ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Wolfgang Ros: pers comm, Dec. 2008.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly
. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).



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