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Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819)

 

Image contributors to this species:

Robin Warne (1) Frants Lehmann (1 Stamp) Wolfgang Ros (6) Enrico Richter (1) David Marshall (2)

ScotCat Sources:

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Relevant Information:

Is reported to commonly attack the fishes caught in fishermen's nets and seines as well as those hooked on trotlines or gaffed. Aquarium Care: An out and out predator so should only be kept with larger species such as South American cichlids, Oscars etc. and the larger L-number armoured Loricariids. I must admit that in the "Large Catfish" world this is probably one of the nicest looking and comparatively easy to keep species if you are a big cat enthusiast, and if you are able to give it a large tank (min 6ft x 3ft x 2ft) to cruise around in. Diet: Shrimps, fish fillets and live foods such as Earthworms. Will gladly take tablet, pellet foods and foodsticks.

Common Name:

Vulture Catfish

Synonyms:

Pimelodes macropterus, Pimelodus ctenodus, Pimeletropsis lateralis.

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.

Size:

50.0cm. (20ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Ros, Wolfgang and Schmidt, Jakob (2008): Calophysus macropterus: Ein "Hai" im  Süßwasseraquarium: D. Aqu. u. Terr. Z. (Datz) 61 (4): 16-18. Pimelodidae). Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.6 no.3 Porto Alegre 2008.
Grant, Steven. Pims. Pimelodidae, Heptapteridae and Pseudopimelodidae Catfishes. ATS-Aquashop.de 2021 219p.

ScotCat Factsheet no. 145. July 2008.
www.datz.de



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Image taken at the Oceanarium, Bournemouth, England U.K.
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Head view-image taken at the Oceanarium, Bournemouth, England U.K.

 

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