Tatia intermedia • Auchenipteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Tatia intermedia** (Steindachner, 1877)
Common Name(s)	Driftwood Cat
Type Locality	Marabitanos, Pará, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Centromochlus intermedius
Pronunciation	TA tee ah
Etymology	Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan.
Species Information
Size	130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	T. intermedia is often confused with T. galaxias. Both species have dark base with light spots, but on T. intermedia spots are off-white and fade with age. In T. galaxias the spots are bright white, and the body is velvety black. The body shape of T. galaxias is also more slender.
Sexing	Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin and rivers of Guianas. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°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.
Breeding	Has been bred several times by different people. Large number of eggs kept together by a kind of jelly. These eggs are not eaten by the adults and hatch within a few days. Planet Catfish user Daniel Blom was able to prove that a female deposited fertile eggs without a male specimen around, thus indicating that this species also has internal fertilization, a fact which was (is) doubted by scientists.
Further Information
References	Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 74 (1. Abth.) 664 [106]
Registered Keepers	(1) daniel60 (k: 240), (2) fish fodder (k: 3), (3) Silurus, (4) Whiskerbreed, (5) Greer, (6) ali12345 (k: 4), (7) Lutt (k: 2), (8) teddyman5, (9) Yann (k: 4), (10) Martin S, who also notes: "Incredible growth rate! In a little over two months this fish has almost trebled in size. Is very active when feeding occurs, even when the lights are on, but obviosuly more active when the tank is unlit.", (11) bahid, (12) arzerkle, (13) fischkringli, (14) cincy, (15) Altifrons, (16) jessey, (17) ligon, (18) Industrial (k: 2), (19) Juand15, (20) mamoo (k: 3), (21) Join (p: 2, k: 10), (22) Bijn (k: 5), (23) mummymonkey (k: 303), (24) tijani (k: 2), (25) arthos (k: 5), (26) keen-eyed (k: 4), (27) retroculus, (28) hullfishman (k: 7), (29) kruseman (k: 3), (30) steveh28 (k: 2), who also notes: "First spawn 9-27-11. Moved the parents", (31) Gorzak (p: 2), (32) fishboy20, (33) arcsb (k: 4), (34) clydeboy, (35) Phyllonemus (k: 6), (36) Decker504, (37) hatiras, (38) Zulan, (39) Marc van Arc, (40) Goodeid608, (41) corybreed. 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) steveh28 (b: 39), (2) fishboy20 (b: 13), (3) Zulan (b: 10).
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Last Update	2012 Feb 13 02:06 (species record created: 2001 Apr 13 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Tatia intermedia (Steindachner, 1877)

Common Name(s)

Driftwood Cat

Type Locality

Marabitanos, Pará, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Centromochlus intermedius

Pronunciation

TA tee ah

Etymology

Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan.

Species Information

Size

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

Identification

T. intermedia is often confused with T. galaxias. Both species have dark base with light spots, but on T. intermedia spots are off-white and fade with age. In T. galaxias the spots are bright white, and the body is velvety black. The body shape of T. galaxias is also more slender.

Sexing

Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Amazon River basin and rivers of Guianas.
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°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.

Breeding

Has been bred several times by different people. Large number of eggs kept together by a kind of jelly. These eggs are not eaten by the adults and hatch within a few days.

Planet Catfish user Daniel Blom was able to prove that a female deposited fertile eggs without a male specimen around, thus indicating that this species also has internal fertilization, a fact which was (is) doubted by scientists.

Further Information

References

Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 74 (1. Abth.) 664 [106]

Registered Keepers

(1) daniel60 (k: 240), (2) fish fodder (k: 3), (3) Silurus, (4) Whiskerbreed, (5) Greer, (6) ali12345 (k: 4), (7) Lutt (k: 2), (8) teddyman5, (9) Yann (k: 4), (10) Martin S, who also notes: "Incredible growth rate! In a little over two months this fish has almost trebled in size. Is very active when feeding occurs, even when the lights are on, but obviosuly more active when the tank is unlit.", (11) bahid, (12) arzerkle, (13) fischkringli, (14) cincy, (15) Altifrons, (16) jessey, (17) ligon, (18) Industrial (k: 2), (19) Juand15, (20) mamoo (k: 3), (21) Join (p: 2, k: 10), (22) Bijn (k: 5), (23) mummymonkey (k: 303), (24) tijani (k: 2), (25) arthos (k: 5), (26) keen-eyed (k: 4), (27) retroculus, (28) hullfishman (k: 7), (29) kruseman (k: 3), (30) steveh28 (k: 2), who also notes: "First spawn 9-27-11. Moved the parents", (31) Gorzak (p: 2), (32) fishboy20, (33) arcsb (k: 4), (34) clydeboy, (35) Phyllonemus (k: 6), (36) Decker504, (37) hatiras, (38) Zulan, (39) Marc van Arc, (40) Goodeid608, (41) corybreed.

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) steveh28 (b: 39), (2) fishboy20 (b: 13), (3) Zulan (b: 10).

Articles