Tatia strigata • Auchenipteridae • Cat-eLog

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) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds mainly on insects.
Furniture	As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is but a single breeding report, read it here.
Further Information
References	Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwatersv. 6 (no. 3) - pp202 - Fig. 1
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Last Update	2015 Jul 28 11:35 (species record created: 2003 Aug 23 00:00)