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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Soplaviento, town on the dique de Cartagena road to Calamar, Magdalena River, dept. Bolivar, Colombia. |
| Synonym(s) | Pseudoplatystoma garciamarquezi |
| Pronunciation | SUE doh plah tee stow mah |
| Etymology | (Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. Named for the Magdalena River, Colombia, to which this species is endemic. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Magdalena River drainage, including Cauca River in Colombia. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014. |
| 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. User data. |
| 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 | Zootaxa No. 1512, pp 27, Figs. 25, 26A. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.15.116.2124 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:21 (species record created: 2008 Jul 31 11:50) |