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Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Chris Ralph (4) Nishant Kikani (5) Steve Pritchard (1) Allan James (1) Enrico Richter (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Factsheet Etymology = Genus  Etymology = Species

Other Sources:

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

Relevant Information:

Description: Brachyplatystoma tigrinum is quite closely related to Brachyplatystoma juruense, but has a longer upper jaw, and the first rays of the dorsal and pectoral fins are described as being flexible and not pungent. Both of these catfish share a similar colour pattern of inclined stripes on the body, although it has to be said that Brachyplatystoma tigrinum is the more striking of the two fish. Brachyplatystoma juruense is quite often referred to as the "False Tigrinus". Colouration: The colour pattern is outstanding with a yellow to almost white base colour to the body with black stripes. Most of the fins share this same colour pattern of that of the body of this catfish. 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.

Common Name:

Tiger-striped catfish, Zebra Shovelnose

Synonyms:

Merodontotus tigrinus

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin.

Size:

Up to and over 60.0cm (24inch)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

ScotCat Factsheet no.70. April 2002.



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