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Description: Similar to Pseudopimelodus but the head is very large and flattened and is the only species in this genera. Dorsal fin short and the caudal fin is rounded. The juveniles look similar to the Chaca genera from Asia and like them are very predatory. Aquarium Care: Not to be kept with fish that are too small as they will be eaten, better to be kept on their own or with large non-aggressive species. Would need a large aquarium as this species grows to 70cm. SL. Reproduction: Has been bred in the aquarium, the eggs are adhesive. Diet: Live foods such as earthworms and frozen foods. Remarks: Due to the latest paper by Oscar A. Shibatta et al. (Dec. 2021) there are now five species in this genera with four of them now being being synonymized from Cephalosilurus to Lophiosilurus. The recovered phylogeny of the genus was (L. albomarginatus , L. nigricaudus, L. apurensis, L. fowleri, and L. alexandri).

Pac-Man Catfish

Lophiosilurus agassizi, Pseudopimelodus agassizi

Pseudopimelodidae

South America: São Francisco River basin. Type locality: Aus Brasilien, wahrscheinlich aus dem Amazonenstrome.

70.0cm. (28ins)

22-27°C (71-81°F)

6.0-7.2.

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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Oscar A. Shibatta, Lucas R. Jarduli, Vitor P. Abrahão & Lenice Souza-Shibatta. (2021). Phylogeny of the Neotropical Pacman catfish genus Lophiosilurus (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae). Neotrop. ichthyol., 19 (4).