PlanetCatfish.com - Tatia strigata (Auchenipteridae) Cat-eLog

Male
dorsal shot
male
Fry
Fry
Fry
F1 25mm
Four months old
Pair, female above

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Tatia strigata** Soares-Porto, 1995
Common Name	Pinstripe Woodcat
Type Locality	Municipio de Maués, Igarapé Limãozinho, Amazonas, Brazil.
Pronunciation	TA tee ah
Etymology	Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan.
Articles	- CotM 2013 February
Species Information
Size	80mm or 3.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ.
General Remarks	Imported and photographed for the first time in early 2011. Although the description of this species notes the maximum length of specimens treated therein as 32mm, aquarists have recorded the species up to at least the SL presented here.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin and upper reaches of the Orinoco, in Brazil and Venezuela. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds mainly on insects. User data.
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 a few times in the aquarium. Eggs are scattered individually across the tank as opposed to laid in a clump like some congeners. The species isn't difficult to spawn, however, the eggs are hard to develop and the fry are hard to raise. The eggs only develop in very soft acidic water, without this they "melt". The fry from this species are quite small, with a high mortality rate. They can only be weaned on liquid foods for the first couple of weeks, after that they are quite easy to rear.
Breeding Reports	There is but a single breeding report, read it here.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 6 (no. 3), pp 202, Fig. 1.
Registered Keepers	There are 8 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 5 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2003 Aug 23 00:00)