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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Agamyxis pectinifrons (Cope, 1870) |
| Common Name(s) | Spotted Raphael Catfish, Spotted Talking Catfish |
| Type Locality | Pebas, Peru. |
| Synonym(s) | Doras pectinifrons |
| Pronunciation | peck TIN ee frons |
| Etymology | Agamyxis: From the Greek agan, meaning much, and myxa, meaning mucus; in reference to the mucus produced by the fish. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The light coloured spots that make this fish so attractive range from brilliant white to pale yellow in different batches of imports. |
| Sexing | Unknown |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Widespread throughout tropical South American rivers Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.5 |
| Temperature | 20.0-26.0°C or 68-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Will eat any food that reaches it. Bloodworm and sinking catfish tablets are best as they can be ''aimed'' at the fishes daytime hide-out. |
| Furniture | Needs a dark refuge, but smaller individuals will spend the day in dense vegetation just as happily. |
| Compatibility | A perfect community fish |
| Suggested Tankmates | Ideal first catfish for a budding aquarist as well as a good ''worker'' catfish for all levels of community tanks |
| Breeding | Some details, although sketchy. Seems to be a bubble nest builder or at least lay its eggs on floating vegetation at the water surface. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Proc. Am. Philos. Soc.v. 11 - pp568 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) TP (k: 2), (2) synoguy, (3) natefrog, (4) Iwona (k: 5), (5) Persephone, (6) Chrysichthys (k: 2), (7) Lornek8, (8) Silurus, (9) gage, (10) Tuti, (11) azfisher (k: 2), (12) Devangel, (13) The-Wolf (p: 2), (14) Occellatus, (15) Armadillo Del Rio, (16) KenyanSandBoa, (17) Marsdinho, (18) Cooky_luvs, (19) Corylover, (20) BarbieDoll, (21) Kattes, (22) Kjlossman, (23) Belial, who also notes: "the only time i ever see this fish is when i take all the rocks out of the tank", (24) k1ttyme0w (k: 2), (25) Foster9011, (26) ali12345 (k: 3), (27) Terrorblade90, who also notes: "A very peaceful and shy catfish;it eat anything, and it's so voracious!", (28) Benjamin, (29) icekiki, (30) Plecofanatic1989, (31) Barracuda518 (k: 2), (32) Katy, (33) joepleco, who also notes: "They lock up thier dorsal fins and sing? When you take them out of the water, very easy to keep and feed. Highly recomended. One of the first cats I ever kept, I think I got the first pair 2 females when I was 13 & kept them for years. I always thought they were just fat, but they were full of eggs.", (34) Serian, (35) dsmfishgal, (36) CubCariboo, (37) Loracidlover, (38) Pungen, (39) tezr (k: 3), (40) coppernite, (41) AU Chief, (42) Mandrake, (43) aledk85, (44) kubastanik, (45) Nagy, (46) kabaltah (k: 22), (47) zedogz, (48) koter73, (49) fleahound (k: 2), (50) Stone, (51) doesdavid, (52) smegforbrains, (53) Sumners83 (p: 2), (54) dayglowfroggy, (55) Schmike, (56) ahodge84, (57) Reginator, (58) The.Dark.One, (59) TehSushiChef, (60) theonetruepath (k: 4), (61) SoCalDiscus, (62) Mike C (k: 4), (63) nomuken (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "eating machines", (64) coheedandcambriarules (k: 2), (65) Shaun, (66) hampala, (67) judeblackburn, (68) nvcichlids (k: 8), (69) Wiccatfish (k: 5), (70) Bijn (k: 2), (71) TheSmurfinator (p: 2), (72) alsvidur, (73) matt12, (74) Back, (75) dpk2313, (76) Industrial, (77) xander, (78) coelacanth, (79) ichtyophile (k: 2), (80) biomechmonster, (81) Toad (k: 5), (82) bongthecgb, (83) alpha (k: 2), (84) Avinitlarge, (85) Derzel, (86) electrophyste, (87) Riv, (88) theviper06, who also notes: "Spot", (89) sequoiacat (k: 2), (90) Irondale, (91) Bisclavret, who also notes: "Well, my wonderful "Spotted Raphael" is named "Sashimi". He/She/It has a crooked back, which we think was caused by it growing into a piece of decor before we purchased it.", (92) chubbikins, (93) JamieH (k: 6), (94) tijani, (95) robb harriston (k: 3), (96) klink5, (97) NC24, (98) shivamotiram (p: 2, k: 2), (99) Brisch, (100) chimp, (101) hankinswood, (102) matt836, (103) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (104) Sam, (105) siluriphil (k: 3), (106) Benjamin Goh, (107) Taz, (108) Quo, (109) Buddiechrist, (110) Mezel, (111) crkinney (k: 2), (112) kp90 (k: 3), (113) maximus (k: 3), who also notes: "Feeding Tetra bits , Frozen bloodworms and NLS Thera + A", (114) arthos, (115) linden09, (116) browny85, (117) elcucuu, (118) Seagirt, (119) tropical (p: 2), (120) catfishkemp, (121) arcsb, (122) wendy333, (123) Catfish freak, (124) james gilbertson, who also notes: "Very static fish, finds a spot and very rarely moves, pretty but would like to see more of this fish", (125) airlik73, (126) Margie, (127) Junttis, (128) mrfishydude, (129) Mcjlance. 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 | None. |
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