Centromochlus romani • Auchenipteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Centromochlus romani** (Mees, 1988)
Common Name(s)	Driftwood Catfish, Roman's Woodcat
Type Locality	Río Guarapiche, affluent of R. San Juan, near Monagas, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Tatia romani
Pronunciation	cent row MOCK luss
Etymology	Centromochlus: From the Greek kenteo, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; in reference to the long spines.
Species Information
Size	31mm (1.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	San Juan River basin. Venezuela Caribbean Waters, San Juan (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into. Larger specimens will gregariously take refuge in pipes.
Breeding	See Catfish of the Month article, January 2010.
Further Information
References	Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. (Ser. C Biol. Med. Sci.) v. 91 (no. 4) 412 Figs. 3-4
Registered Keepers	(1) Martin S (p: 4, k: 12), who also notes: "As well as the obvious sexual differences with the anal fin, the body shape is also quite different between the sexes. The males appear to be smaller and more slender than the larger, more rounded females. ", (2) The.Dark.One, (3) MatsP (p: 3, k: 11), who also notes: "From Martin S. ", "Got a male for my two females from Martin S.", "Fry found in parents' tank (2 found in sump filter).", (4) Jools (k: 4), (5) danny.450, (6) Marc van Arc. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	(1) Jools (b: 60).
Articles	- CotM 2010 January
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Centromochlus romani (Mees, 1988)

Common Name(s)

Driftwood Catfish, Roman's Woodcat

Type Locality

Río Guarapiche, affluent of R. San Juan, near Monagas, Venezuela.

Synonym(s)

Tatia romani

Pronunciation

cent row MOCK luss

Etymology

Centromochlus: From the Greek kenteo, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; in reference to the long spines.

Species Information

Size

31mm (1.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

San Juan River basin.
Venezuela Caribbean Waters, San Juan (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Furniture

As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into. Larger specimens will gregariously take refuge in pipes.

Breeding

See Catfish of the Month article, January 2010.

Further Information

References

Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. (Ser. C Biol. Med. Sci.) v. 91 (no. 4) 412 Figs. 3-4

Registered Keepers

(1) Martin S (p: 4, k: 12), who also notes: "As well as the obvious sexual differences with the anal fin, the body shape is also quite different between the sexes. The males appear to be smaller and more slender than the larger, more rounded females. ", (2) The.Dark.One, (3) MatsP (p: 3, k: 11), who also notes: "From Martin S. ", "Got a male for my two females from Martin S.", "Fry found in parents' tank (2 found in sump filter).", (4) Jools (k: 4), (5) danny.450, (6) Marc van Arc.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

(1) Jools (b: 60).

Articles