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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Aspredo aspredo** (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names	Eel-Tailed Banjo Catfish Almindelig Banjomalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	South America.
Synonym(s)	Aspredo batrachus, Platystacus laevis, Silurus aspredo
Etymology	Aspredo: From the Latin aspredo, meaning roughness; in reference to the tuberculate skin.
Species Information
Size	505mm or 19.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Females are upto 15cm longer.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Central and South America: lower portions of coastal rivers from Venezuela to northern Brazil; also in Trinidad Tobago. Orinoco, Lower Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Trinidad rivers, Maracas River (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
Other Parameters	Found in brackish and fresh water.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 304.
Registered Keepers	There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2021 Jul 18 10:20 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00)