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Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Nishant Kikani (2) Daniel Blom (4) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (3) Enrico Richter (2) Liam Irons-Mclean (3)

ScotCat Sources:

Factsheet Etymology = Genus  Etymology = Species

Other Sources:

Search  Fishbase Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

Found in deep rivererine waters and is very much a predator in its environment and also the home aquarium. Aquarium Care: Needs a large aquarium with tankmates of the same size or larger with low lighting as you will be able to view this catfish during daylight hours. Diet: Fishes, crustacea. In the aquarium you can feed beef heart (sparingly) pieces of fish, frozen sardines and of course live fishes which would not be very ethical. Does not need to be fed every day, twice a week would suffice.

Common Name:

Zebra catfish

Synonyms:

Platystoma juruense, Ginesia cunaguaro

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basin. Type locality: Rio Jurua, an affluent of the Amazons, Brazil.

Size:

60.0cm. (24ins)

Temp:

22-27°C (71-81°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1995 Aquarien Atlas. Band 4. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle, Germany. 864 p.



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