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| Scientific Name | Aspredinichthys filamentosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Cayenne, French Guiana. |
| Synonym(s) | Aspredo filamentosus |
| Etymology | Aspredinichthys: From the Latin aspredo, meaning roughness and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the tuberculate skin. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 218mm (8.6") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Venezuela to northern Brazil; lower portions of coastal rivers and in coastal waters. Orinoco  , Lower Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Other Parameters | Freshwater and brackish habitat, estuaries. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Benthic fish which lives on sandy-muddy littoral waters, estuaries and flooded zones of rivers. |
| Breeding | Reproduction takes place in April and June. The species has a peculiar mode of egg incubation wherein the female banjo catfish carries the eggs firmly attached to the underside of the body. This seems to be an adaptation to facilitate the oxygenation of the eggs in muddy environments. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Hist. Nat. Poiss.v. 15 - pp437 - Pl. 450 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Jul 26 03:35 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00) |
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