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Ituglanis metae (Eigenmann, 1917)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Daniel Blom (1) Peru Aquarium Group (2) Allan James (1) Ian Fuller (1) Catfish Aquarium (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Factsheet Etymology = Genus  Etymology = Species

Other Sources:

 Search  Fishbase  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

Aquarium Care: Even although this species is termed, along with other members of this family, as parasitic catfishes it is well behaved in the aquarium but is seldom seen until feeding time. Provide caves/pipes for this species. Diet: They will sometimes feed in daylight hours but to make sure they are getting adequately fed, you should add some food after lights out. They will eat bloodworm, tubifex, and earthworms chopped into small pieces (Grant, S. 2003). Remarks: It is not known whether this species feeds on the flesh or the blood of the living animals that it parasitises. It possesses opercule hooks that allows it to cling onto and then burry tunnels into its prey’s flesh (De Pínna and Wosiacki, 2003).

Common Name:

Leopard Candiru

Synonyms:

Pygidium metae, Trichomycterus metae

Family:

Trichomycteridae

Distribution:

South America: Rio Meta. Type locality: Barrigona, Colombia.

Size:

8.0cm. (3¼ins)

Temp:

25-28°c (77-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944.
de Pínna, M.C.C. and W. Wosiacki, 2003. Trichomycteridae (pencil or parasitic catfishes). p. 270-290. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil
Grant, Steven. ScotCat Factsheet no. 201. March 2013.



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