Summary of pseudoplatystoma |
Pronounced | SUE doh plah tee stow mah |
Etymology | (Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. |
Feeding | Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets. |
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. |
Tankmates | Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length. |
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. |
Breeding | Unreported in captivity although is commercially bred via egg stripping method which is often the source of fishes entering aquarium trade. |
Size | Smallest 524mm, largest 1660mm, average 988mm, most commonly 1300mm. All SL. |
Species | There are 13 "species" in the database |
New spp. / time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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Distribution |
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Genus Thumbnails |
P. corruscans (i:7, k:0) P. fasciatum (i:10, k:0) P. magdaleniatum (i:0, k:0) P. metaense (i:1, k:0) P. orinocoense (i:2, k:0) P. punctifer (i:2, k:0) P. reticulatum (i:14, k:0) P. sp. hybrid(1) (i:1, k:0) P. sp. hybrid(2) (i:4, k:0) P. sp. hybrid(3) (i:2, k:0) P. sp. hybrid(4) (i:6, k:0) P. sp. hybrid(5) (i:1, k:0) P. tigrinum (i:17, k:0)
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