/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/simplex/1.jpg "Tatia simplex")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tatia/simplex/2.jpg "Tatia simplex")
Close-up of head
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Tatia simplex Mees, 1974 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Xaventina house beach, Rio dos Mortes, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Centromochlus simplex |
| Pronunciation | TA tee ah - sim plex |
| Etymology | Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 28mm or 1.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Sexing | Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Das Mortes River, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Das Mortes (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| 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 no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 132, pp 90, Fig. 26. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 2 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.22.131.1906 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:48 (species record created: 2007 Nov 27 17:16) |