Bunocephalus colombianus • Aspredinidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Bunocephalus colombianus** Eigenmann, 1912
Common Name(s)	Banjo Catfish
Type Locality	Boca de Raspadura, Colombia.
Pronunciation	boon oh SEFF ah luss
Etymology	Bunocephalus: From the Greek bounos, meaning hill and kephale, meaning head; in reference to the bumps on the head of the fish, which is particularly marked in some species.
Species Information
Size	130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Atrato and Magdalena River basins. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Atrato (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Ind. Univ. StudiesNo. 16 [sic No. 8] - pp10
Registered Keepers	(1) The.Dark.One, (2) nvcichlids (k: 5), (3) Martin S (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "I had assumed this lost, but when moving the fish over founfd it happily buried in the sand.", (4) Catfish freak, (5) FerocactusLatispinus, who also notes: "Ollie is quite fat but is a real swimmer at night!", (6) KitWitty, (7) TonyStark, (8) Iiriva (k: 2), (9) pinsonja, (10) Deb (k: 2). 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	None.
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Last Update	2004 Jul 10 00:00 (species record created: 2004 Jul 10 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Bunocephalus colombianus Eigenmann, 1912

Common Name(s)

Banjo Catfish

Type Locality

Boca de Raspadura, Colombia.

Pronunciation

boon oh SEFF ah luss

Etymology

Bunocephalus: From the Greek bounos, meaning hill and kephale, meaning head; in reference to the bumps on the head of the fish, which is particularly marked in some species.

Species Information

Size

130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Atrato and Magdalena River basins.
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Atrato (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Ind. Univ. StudiesNo. 16 [sic No. 8] - pp10

Registered Keepers

(1) The.Dark.One, (2) nvcichlids (k: 5), (3) Martin S (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "I had assumed this lost, but when moving the fish over founfd it happily buried in the sand.", (4) Catfish freak, (5) FerocactusLatispinus, who also notes: "Ollie is quite fat but is a real swimmer at night!", (6) KitWitty, (7) TonyStark, (8) Iiriva (k: 2), (9) pinsonja, (10) Deb (k: 2).

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

None.