Ituglanis amazonicus • Trichomycteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Ituglanis amazonicus** (Steindachner, 1882)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Cudajas, S. America.
Synonym(s)	Trichomycterus amazonicus
Etymology	Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.
Species Information
Size	60mm (2.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Other Parameters	Lives mainly in little forest creeks with notable current and a sandy-rocky substrate.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	It is not known whether it feeds on flesh or blood of living animals or it lives on carrion. Opercle hooks enable it to cling to and to dig little tunnels into its prey's flesh.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wienv. 19 (no. 19) - pp178
Registered Keepers	(1) Silurus. 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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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Ituglanis amazonicus (Steindachner, 1882)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Cudajas, S. America.

Synonym(s)

Trichomycterus amazonicus

Etymology

Greek, itys, ityos = circle + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish.

Species Information

Size

60mm (2.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Amazon River basin.
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Other Parameters

Lives mainly in little forest creeks with notable current and a sandy-rocky substrate.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

It is not known whether it feeds on flesh or blood of living animals or it lives on carrion. Opercle hooks enable it to cling to and to dig little tunnels into its prey's flesh.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wienv. 19 (no. 19) - pp178

Registered Keepers

(1) Silurus.

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.