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Scientific Name | Tatia intermedia (Steindachner, 1877) |
Common Name | Driftwood Cat |
Type Locality | Marabitanos, ParĂ¡, Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Centromochlus intermedius |
Pronunciation | TA tee ah |
Etymology | Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan. |
Species Information | |
Size | 120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Identification | T. intermedia is often confused with T. galaxias. Both species have dark base with light spots, but on T. intermedia spots are off-white and fade with age. In T. galaxias the spots are bright white, and the body is velvety black. The body shape of T. galaxias is also more slender. |
Sexing | Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Amazon River basin and rivers of Guianas. Amazon (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) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
Temperature | 22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°F (Show species within this range) |
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 | Has been bred several times by different people. Large number of eggs kept together by a kind of jelly. These eggs are not eaten by the adults and hatch within a few days. Planet Catfish user Daniel Blom was able to prove that a female deposited fertile eggs without a male specimen around, thus indicating that this species also has internal fertilization, a fact which was (is) doubted by scientists. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.), pp 664 [106]. |
Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 12 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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Last Update | 2020 Sep 25 00:49 (species record created: 2001 Apr 13 00:00) |