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| Scientific Name | Aspidoras taurus Lima & Britto, 2001 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | R. Itiquira, R. Paraguai system, 16°56'S, 53°32'W, Fazenda Cabeceira do Itiquira, close to hwy BR-364, Alto Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | ass pee DOOR ass - taw russ |
| Etymology | Aspidoras: From the Greek aspis, meaning shield and doras, meaning skin; in reference to the bony plates. This specific epithet is a reference to the bull (taurus=bull). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 55mm (2.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Infraorbitals, preopercle and reduced nuchal plate covered by thick skin and not visible externally. Lateral line absent posterior to 2 small lateral line ossicles. Two pairs of maxillary barbels and a pair of mental barbels. Adipose fin preceded by a small, curved, well-ossified spine. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Brazil, Mato Grosso, Rio Itiquira La Plata  , Paraná , Itiquira (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Copeia 2001 (no. 4) 1011 Figs. 1-2 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Yroc (k: 19), who also notes: "2012-03-08: In my 150X61x64 cm tank I have 3 Corydoras aeneus, 9 Corydoras sterbai and 1 Corydoras paleatus. Since februari 2011 also my group Aspidoras taurus, that moved from the Rekord 70 (60x30x40).
One of the Corydoras aeneus is the female young of my Corydoras aeneus man, that a couple of years ago died in my tank, 17 years of age. She is a very big exemplar, at least as big as my female C. sterbais, en wider. In june she will be 6 years of age.
My C. sterbai group was expanded to 9 exemplars. In the group swims one own bred exemplar, and also 3 females that I bought in 2005, when they were about 4 - 6 month old. So they are about 7 years of age.
Breeding is something I can forget, because I have rather big cichlids in my tank, earlier angelfish and now three large male Cryptoheros sajica. Also various Botias, so now the eggs are gone at the moment you see the females stick them to the glass or leafs.", (2) jha61, (3) kim m (k: 6), who also notes: "Bred by Adrian Taylor. Spawns easy.", (4) rayfong, (5) Mark Roesner, (6) Juan Felipe Z., who also notes: "It is a very curious specie, of wich the juvenile form is quite different to the form adult.
The juveniles resemble the Aspidoras sp. C037, which also often confused is with Aspidoras sp. 'Goias'; name given to several native Aspidoras the Rio Araguaia (state of Goias, Brazil). The adult resembles one Aspidoras fuscoguttatus, including its color, identical.
Are of medium maintenance, most reject foods industrialized and tablets for bottom fish, preferring more the worms, living foods and freeze-dried foods.
Being a fish background, if give better in tanks with good movement and oxygenation, occasionally the enough to jump to the inside of the external filter through the cascade created. For this reason I recommend a tank tightly covered, callichtyideos in general are active leapers.", (7) madattiver (k: 3), who also notes: "Spawn every 3 weeks laying eggs on the glass. In my experience, they do not eat the eggs.". Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | (1) madattiver (b: 19). |
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| Last Update | 2007 Jun 02 07:03 (species record created: 2006 May 06 00:00) |
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