Centromochlus heckelii • Auchenipteridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Centromochlus heckelii** (De Filippi, 1853)
Common Name(s)	Driftwood Catfish
Type Locality	Río Napo, Amazon system, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Auchenipterus heckelii, Centromochlus steindachneri
Pronunciation	cent row MOCK luss - hek elle eye
Etymology	Centromochlus: From the Greek kenteo, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; in reference to the long spines.
Species Information
Size	70mm (2.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) 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)
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	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Rev. Mag. Zool. (Ser. 2)v. 5 - pp167 [4]
Registered Keepers	(1) arapaimag, (2) 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	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Centromochlus heckelii (De Filippi, 1853)

Common Name(s)

Driftwood Catfish

Type Locality

Río Napo, Amazon system, Peru.

Synonym(s)

Auchenipterus heckelii, Centromochlus steindachneri

Pronunciation

cent row MOCK luss - hek elle eye

Etymology

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

Species Information

Size

70mm (2.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

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

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

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Rev. Mag. Zool. (Ser. 2)v. 5 - pp167 [4]

Registered Keepers

(1) arapaimag, (2) 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

None.