AquaticRepublic.com - Pseudohemiodon laticeps (Loricariidae) All Fishes

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Video: feeding on tablet food

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudohemiodon laticeps** (Regan, 1904)
Common Name	Giant Whiptail Catfish
Type Locality	Paraguay.
Pronunciation	seu doh hem ee oh don - lat ee seps
Etymology	Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, hemi = half + Greek, odous = teeth
Species Information
Size	298mm or 11.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The most commonly available spade catfish.
Sexing	Unknown. Being a lip-brooder, differences in the formation of the suckermouth fringes may be observed.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Uruguay, Paraná and Paraguay River basins. La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná, Middle Paraná Delta (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 2020.
pH	6.5 - 7.0
Temperature	22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	Requires fastidiously maintained water quality.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Algae wafers, sinking tablets, frozen bloodworm and frozen brineshrimp are all sought out. User data.
Furniture	Large open expanses of sand are required, at least the length of the fish squared. Floating plants will help the fish settle but are not mandatory. Rooted plants will not stay that way for long however.
Compatibility	Peaceful and not territorial even among it's own kind.
Suggested Tankmates	Any non-bottom dwellers, this species needs its substrate. Larger established spade catfish will live happily in a South or Central American cichlid set-up.
Breeding	Has been spawned by German aquarists; no details currently available other than the species is a lip-brooder.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1), pp 295, Pl. 20 (fig. 1).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2020 Nov 08 05:19 (species record created: 2001 Apr 29 00:00)