Pseudoplatystoma punctifer • Pimelodidae • Cat-eLog

P. tigrinum (above) and P. punctifer

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudoplatystoma punctifer** (Castelnau, 1855)
Common Name	Spotted Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Type Locality	Amazon River, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Platystoma punctifer
Pronunciation	SUE doh plah tee stow mah
Etymology	(Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth.
Species Information
Size	1100mm or 43.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Orinoco River, Colombia and Venezuela. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets.
Furniture	Large, spacious tank with open space for night time cruising. A large shady bogwood root or pipe that the catfish can retreat to during the day is also required. Ensure the heater is in the open and not in a place where the catfish may try and hide. When larger a hide is not necessary.
Compatibility	Ideally suited to life with other large fish. These catfish are predatory and will eat smaller fish if hungry. Claimed by some to behave aggressively/territorially towards other catfish.
Suggested Tankmates	Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length.
Breeding	Unreported in captivity although is commercially bred via egg stripping method which is often the source of fishes entering aquarium trade.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2, pp 40, Pl. 19 (fig. 2).
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:13 (species record created: 2009 May 04 05:19)