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Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872)

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Description: The caudal fin is emarginate with the upper lobe significantly longer. Humeral process with spines that increase in size towards the back. Colouration: Very similar to Amblydoras affinis from the Rio Branco. It also has a longer and broader longitodinal band. The belly is light with small dark spots and the poscleitral bridge presents lot of melanophores. Habitat: Mostly caught in the Mata Matà black water course which empties into the Amazon River in the Ambyiacu. Aquarium Care: No problem in a normal community tank as long as you can give them plenty of hiding places to make them feel more secure. Diet: Good quality flake food, frozen blood worms and tablet food. Live worms such as whiteworm and cut up garden worms.

Common Name:

Monitor Catfish

Synonyms:

Zathorax monitor

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Amazon River basin. Type locality: Small streams tributary to the Ambyiacu, as well as the river itself which empties into the Amazon near Pebas, in Eastern Ecuador, some distance east of the Napo.

Size:

9.0cm. (3¾ins)

Temp:

23-28°C (73-83°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Conservación Internacional; seris de Guías Tropicales De Campo. Pecos del medio Amazonas Región de Leticia. 546 p.
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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Amblydoras monitor

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