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Scientific Name | Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Common Names | Eel-Tailed Banjo Catfish Almindelig Banjomalle (Denmark) |
Type Locality | South America. |
Synonym(s) | Aspredo batrachus, Aspredo octocirrus, Aspredo sicuephorus, Aspredo sicyephorus, Platystacus laevis, Silurus aspredo |
Etymology | Aspredo: From the Latin aspredo, meaning roughness; in reference to the tuberculate skin. |
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Size | 505mm or 19.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Sexing | Females are upto 15cm longer. |
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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) Login to view the map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
Other Parameters | Found in brackish and fresh water. |
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Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
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Reference | Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 304. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:36 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00) |