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| Scientific Name | Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt in Humboldt & Valenciennes, 1821) |
| Common Name(s) | Giant Jello Catfish, Giant Jelly Catfish, Jau, Manguruyú (Spanish, Argentinian) |
| Type Locality | Near Tomependa, Río Marañon, Amazon R. basin, Peru. |
| Synonym(s) | Bagrus flavicans, Brachyplatystoma flavicans, Paulicea jahu, Paulicea luetkeni, Paulicea lutkeni, Pimelodus zungaro, Platystoma lütkeni, Pseudopimelodus humbdolti, Pseudopimelodus zungaro, Zungaro humboldtii, Zungaro luetkeni |
| Etymology | Zungaro is the native name applied to many large pimelodids. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1400mm (55.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Orinoco  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.5 - 7.2 |
| Temperature | 20.0-24.0°C or 68-75.2°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | dH°18. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Mainly piscivorous, hunts at night, sometimes going into flood prone areas of rivers. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Humboldt & Bonpland's voyage v. 2 (Title page 1833) - pp170 - Pl. 46 (fig. 1) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) kntrygrl4lyfe (p: 2), (2) amazonfishman, (3) necrocanis, (4) Hikarixz, who also notes: "Zungaro zungaro or simply the Jau is extremely aggressive, capable of injuring an Arapaima gigas twice it's size. The Jau was more active during the night while being sluggish during the day. This species should be kept alone from my experience. Nice fish except for the aggression towards others.", (5) Redtailrob (k: 2), who also notes: "Very aggressive towards each other even though very small so will house apart.", (6) Buddiechrist, (7) arapaimag, who also notes: "Very vicious in small tanks like a 225 gallon. But complete turnabout and very peaceful in my big tank and grew to 41" (1030 mm).". 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. |
| More Resources |
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| Last Update | 2008 Sep 09 11:45 (species record created: 2001 Apr 22 00:00) |
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