Callichthys callichthys • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Callichthys callichthys** (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name(s)	Cascarudo/Armoured Catfish
Type Locality	American rivers.
Synonym(s)	Callichthys affinis, Callichthys arcifer, Callichthys asper, Callichthys caelatus, Callichthys callichthys bolteni, Callichthys callichthys demararae, Callichthys depressus, Callichthys hemifractus, Callichthys kneri, Callichthys laeviceps, Callichthys loricatus, Callichthys tamoata, Silurus callichthys
Pronunciation	kal ICK thiss
Etymology	Callichthys: From the Greek kallos, meaning beautiful and ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the color pattern. As per genus.
Species Information
Size	180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Males develop a thickened bright orange first ray in the pectoral fin, where females have a thin first ray.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	18.0-28.0°C or 64.4-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Easy to feed, will eat most prepared, frozen and live foods.
Furniture	Prefers a well shaded tank. Floating plants, and tall broad leaved plants make good shade. They also like overhanging stones, tunnels, etc.
Compatibility	A fairly large fish that can be boisterous when feeding, so as long as tankmates accept this behaviour.
Breeding	Bubble nest breeder.
Further Information
References	Systema Nat. ed. 10v. 1 - pp307
Registered Keepers	(1) TP (k: 2), (2) hoplo (k: 28), who also notes: "Breeding with 1 Male & 1 female Last spawned 5/8/08", (3) Daniel Machado, (4) Carp37 (k: 3), who also notes: "A very extrovert and user-friendly species that sit on your hand at feeding time; fish from Hoplocat. Initially had 4- lost one August '11.", (5) soltarii007, (6) ali12345, (7) MatsP (p: 2, k: 3), who also notes: "Got one male and one female with the intention to eventually breed them. Unfortunately the female didn't survive long. The male died a few weeks later - most likely, both got trapped with a male ancistrus in a cave, but I did not witness this.", "Got two fish via Richard B originally bred by Vicky (Hoplo).", (8) gem400, (9) Marcos Montes (k: 3), (10) allim, (11) PeterUK (k: 3), (12) markhinch, (13) Mike C (k: 2), (14) FNW (k: 2), (15) Avinitlarge (k: 2), (16) arthos (k: 3), (17) snakelover (p: 3), (18) JamieH, (19) M.O.F.. 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

Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name(s)

Cascarudo/Armoured Catfish

Type Locality

American rivers.

Synonym(s)

Callichthys affinis, Callichthys arcifer, Callichthys asper, Callichthys caelatus, Callichthys callichthys bolteni, Callichthys callichthys demararae, Callichthys depressus, Callichthys hemifractus, Callichthys kneri, Callichthys laeviceps, Callichthys loricatus, Callichthys tamoata, Silurus callichthys

Pronunciation

kal ICK thiss

Etymology

Callichthys: From the Greek kallos, meaning beautiful and ichthys, meaning fish; in reference to the color pattern. As per genus.

Species Information

Size

180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Sexing

Males develop a thickened bright orange first ray in the pectoral fin, where females have a thin first ray.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

18.0-28.0°C or 64.4-82.4°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Easy to feed, will eat most prepared, frozen and live foods.

Furniture

Prefers a well shaded tank. Floating plants, and tall broad leaved plants make good shade. They also like overhanging stones, tunnels, etc.

Compatibility

A fairly large fish that can be boisterous when feeding, so as long as tankmates accept this behaviour.

Breeding

Bubble nest breeder.

Further Information

References

Systema Nat. ed. 10v. 1 - pp307

Registered Keepers

(1) TP (k: 2), (2) hoplo (k: 28), who also notes: "Breeding with 1 Male & 1 female Last spawned 5/8/08", (3) Daniel Machado, (4) Carp37 (k: 3), who also notes: "A very extrovert and user-friendly species that sit on your hand at feeding time; fish from Hoplocat. Initially had 4- lost one August '11.", (5) soltarii007, (6) ali12345, (7) MatsP (p: 2, k: 3), who also notes: "Got one male and one female with the intention to eventually breed them. Unfortunately the female didn't survive long. The male died a few weeks later - most likely, both got trapped with a male ancistrus in a cave, but I did not witness this.", "Got two fish via Richard B originally bred by Vicky (Hoplo).", (8) gem400, (9) Marcos Montes (k: 3), (10) allim, (11) PeterUK (k: 3), (12) markhinch, (13) Mike C (k: 2), (14) FNW (k: 2), (15) Avinitlarge (k: 2), (16) arthos (k: 3), (17) snakelover (p: 3), (18) JamieH, (19) M.O.F..

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Breeding Reports

None.