Zungaro zungaro • Pimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Zungaro zungaro** (Humboldt in Humboldt & Valenciennes, 1821)
Common Name(s)	Giant Jello Catfish, Giant Jelly Catfish, Gilded Catfish, Jau, Manguruyú (Spanish, Argentinian)
Type Locality	Near Tomependa, Río Marañon, Amazon R. basin, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus flavicans, Brachyplatystoma flavicans, Paulicea jahu, Paulicea luetkeni, Paulicea lutkeni, Pimelodus zungaro, Platystoma lütkeni, Pseudopimelodus humbdolti, Pseudopimelodus zungaro, Zungaro humboldtii, Zungaro luetkeni
Etymology	Zungaro is the native name applied to many large pimelodids.
Species Information
Size	1400mm (55.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.5 - 7.2
Temperature	20.0-24.0°C or 68-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	dH°18.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Mainly piscivorous, hunts at night, sometimes going into flood prone areas of rivers.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Humboldt & Bonpland's voyage v. 2 (Title page 1833) - pp170 - Pl. 46 (fig. 1)
Registered Keepers	(1) kntrygrl4lyfe (p: 2), (2) amazonfishman, (3) necrocanis, (4) Hikarixz, who also notes: "Zungaro zungaro or simply the Jau is extremely aggressive, capable of injuring an Arapaima gigas twice it's size. The Jau was more active during the night while being sluggish during the day. This species should be kept alone from my experience. Nice fish except for the aggression towards others.", (5) Redtailrob (k: 2), who also notes: "Very aggressive towards each other even though very small so will house apart.", (6) Buddiechrist, (7) arapaimag, who also notes: "Very vicious in small tanks like a 225 gallon. But complete turnabout and very peaceful in my big tank and grew to 41" (1030 mm).", (8) Pcpolo111. 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

Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt in Humboldt & Valenciennes, 1821)

Common Name(s)

Giant Jello Catfish, Giant Jelly Catfish, Gilded Catfish, Jau, Manguruyú (Spanish, Argentinian)

Type Locality

Near Tomependa, Río Marañon, Amazon R. basin, Peru.

Synonym(s)

Bagrus flavicans, Brachyplatystoma flavicans, Paulicea jahu, Paulicea luetkeni, Paulicea lutkeni, Pimelodus zungaro, Platystoma lütkeni, Pseudopimelodus humbdolti, Pseudopimelodus zungaro, Zungaro humboldtii, Zungaro luetkeni

Etymology

Zungaro is the native name applied to many large pimelodids.

Species Information

Size

1400mm (55.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

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

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

6.5 - 7.2

Temperature

20.0-24.0°C or 68-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

dH°18.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Mainly piscivorous, hunts at night, sometimes going into flood prone areas of rivers.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Humboldt & Bonpland's voyage v. 2 (Title page 1833) - pp170 - Pl. 46 (fig. 1)

Registered Keepers

(1) kntrygrl4lyfe (p: 2), (2) amazonfishman, (3) necrocanis, (4) Hikarixz, who also notes: "Zungaro zungaro or simply the Jau is extremely aggressive, capable of injuring an Arapaima gigas twice it's size. The Jau was more active during the night while being sluggish during the day. This species should be kept alone from my experience. Nice fish except for the aggression towards others.", (5) Redtailrob (k: 2), who also notes: "Very aggressive towards each other even though very small so will house apart.", (6) Buddiechrist, (7) arapaimag, who also notes: "Very vicious in small tanks like a 225 gallon. But complete turnabout and very peaceful in my big tank and grew to 41" (1030 mm).", (8) Pcpolo111.

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.

Articles