Mees (1974) assigned this species
to Tatia but Ferraris (2007) reverted it
back to the original genera of Centromochlus.
Just recently (September 2019)due
to earlier work carried out by U.K. aquarist and amateur
ichthyologist Steven Grant (2015) a new paper was
released by Bárbara B. Calegariet
al whereas this species (C. schultzi),
Tatia carolae Vari & Ferraris, 2013 and
C. macracanthus Soares-Porto, 2000 were
reclassified to a new genus, Balroglanis.
Aquarium Care: Keeping this species
is not too much of a problem as long as the water
is kept clean and not too alkaline with a p.H.of between
6.5 and 7.0. They do like a planted aquarium where
they like to hide during the day. Also provide pipework
for this genera for a choice of hiding places. Breeding:
They leave their eggs in a gelatinous mass under stones
or bogwood. As of this family the male will fertilise
the female internally. Diet: In its
native habitat they feed on insects, mostly ants,
beetles, and mayflies and in the aquarium they will
eat anything given such as frozen bloodworm which
they will come out of hiding to feed on, catfish tablets,
daphnia, white worm (sparingly) and any other worm-like
foods. Entymology: Balroglanis:
Meaning "Balrog Catfish" and is derived
from the Maia, a Balrog known as Durin's Bane, who
terrorised Durin the Deathless' descendants in Khazad-dûm,
in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings legendarium.
Remarks: As of December 2020 most
of the online sources have not caught up on this new
genus name change.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
Tatia schultzi, Centromochlus
schultzi
Family:
Auchenipteridae
Distribution:
Brazil:
Upper Xingu and Tocantins
River basins. Type locality: Brasilien,
oberer Rio Xingu.
Size:
10.0cm. (4ins)
Temp:
22-25°c (71-77°f.)
p.H.
6.0-7.0.
Reference:
Grant, S.,
2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858
with comments on the boundaries of some related genera
(Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae).
Ichthyofile 3: 1–16. Bárbara B Calegari, Richard P Vari,
Roberto E Reis, 2019. Phylogenetic systematics
of the driftwood catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae):
a combined morphological and molecular analysis, Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society, , zlz036 Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro,
Ronaldo Fernando A systematic revision of
Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)
Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495-542, 2008. Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist
of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes),
and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
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