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Pimelodus pictus. Pimelodus pictus, also known as the pictus cat or pictus catfish, is a small (11.0 centimetres (4.3 in) TL) member of the catfish family Pimelodidae, native to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins and commonly kept as a pet in freshwater aquariums. Pictus catfish are sometimes mislabeled as Angelicus cats in the aquarium trade ...
Callichthys sulcatus Kner, 1855. Hoplosternum oronocoi Fowler, 1915. Megalechis picta, the Tail bar armored catfish, Tail bar hoplo or Spotted Hoplo, is a species of catfish of the family Callichthyidae. M. picta occurs east of the Andes in the Amazon, Orinoco, and upper Essequibo River basins, and coastal rivers of northern Brazil.
The spotted sea catfish (Arius maculatus), also known as the spotted catfish, the sea barbel or the marine catfish, [2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792, originally under the genus Silurus. [4]
Leiarius pictus: 60 cm (24 in) Redtail catfish: Phractocephalus hemioliopterus: 120 cm (47 in) Needs at least a 2,600 US gallons (9,800 L) tank when mature, even though this does not provide them with the space to show their natural behaviour. [22] 70–79 °F (21–26 °C) [22] 6.0–7.5 [22] Spotted pimelodus, pictus, pictus catfish ...
Leiarius pictus. (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Synonyms. Bagrus pictus. Sciades pictus. Leiarius pictus, commonly as sailfin pim, painted catfish or saddle catfish, is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon, Essequibo, and Orinoco River basins of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. [2] [3]
The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and known but unnamed species. [2] Wikipedia lists 109 species in this family. The low-eye catfish (previously family Hypophthalmidae), and thus the genus Hypophthalmus, which contains four species, was reclassified with the ...
Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae.The species are known by a number of different common names.They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to stay at maximum depth, but some species can also be seen in lakes, flooded forests, and other freshwater habitats.
Corydoras punctatus ( spotted catfish) is a species of catfish found in the Suriname river basin and Iracoubo river basin in tropical Suriname and French Guiana. The species is rarely seen. It is hard to tell the sex of the fish until they are an adult. The species can breed easily. [1]