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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. |
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Size | 1100mm or 43.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Reference | Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2, pp 40, Pl. 19 (fig. 2). |
Registered Keepers | Keeping this species? Why not . There is no registered keeper. |
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Last Update | 2019 Oct 13 03:13 (species record created: 2009 May 04 05:19) |