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Duringlanis altae (Fowler, 1945)

Image contributors to this species:

Mark Sabaj Pérez (1) Erlend D Bertelsen (1)

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Relevant Information:

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 Steven Grant (2015) a new paper was released by Bárbara B. Calegari et al whereas this species C. perugiae and C. romani were reclassified to a new genus, Duringlanis. As stated in this paper some species treated as Tatia and Centromochlus are assigned to genera that were not previously recognised as valid. 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. They also make a good show fish if showing your fish at shows is your forte, as they usually deport well in a show tank. 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. foods. Remarks: Still listed in Fishbase (2020) as the old name of Centromochlus altae.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Tatia altae, Centromochlus altae

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Rio Caquetá basin, Colombia. Type locality: Morelia, Río Caquetá basin, Colombia

Size:

3.5cm (1½ins)

Temp:

26-28°c (79-83°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(3):495-542, 2008
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
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes). p. 470-482. 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.

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Duringlanis altae

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