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Name

Scientific name

Brachyplatystoma juruense

Described by

Authority Boulenger, Year 1898, Bracketed

Family

Pimelodidae

Common names

Gold Zebra Catfish

Photograph credits

All 6 credited

Summary

The gold zebra catfish, Brachyplatystoma juruense, is a large pimelodid from the middle Amazon and Orinoco basins, described from the rio J…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

600mm, standard length

Aquarium size

Not recorded

Water

Water conditions

Temperature 22–27°C, pH 6–7.5

Hardness

1–12dGH

Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Not recorded

Temperament
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Social needs

Solitary or specimen

Community suitability

Not for a community

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Amazon, Jurua, Negro, Orinoco, Solimões

Writing

Etymology

Not written yet

Distribution

Described from the rio Juruá, northwestern Brazil but has a much wider distribution in the middle Amazon and Orinoco basins including many tributary drainages.

Habitat

Mostly inhabits larger, deeper river channels including stretches of whitewater rapids.

Aquarium size

This species is suitable only for public aquaria plus a very small minority of private aquarists and as such we offer no recommended aquarium size.

Maintenance

The choice of décor is as much down to personal preference as anything else though a carefully-aquascaped, planted set-up is obviously out of the question. A s…

Water conditions

Not written yet

Diet

Almost entirely piscivorous preying on loricariids and other bottom-dwelling fishes in nature but most specimens readily adapt to dead alternatives such as pra…

Behaviour and compatibility

Only keep with species large enough to avoid predation.

Sexual dimorphism

Unknown.

Reproduction

Has never been bred in captivity. In nature the congeners B. vaillantii and B. rousseauxii are known to undertake extensive, seasonal, upstream migrations whic…

Notes

This species is sometimes confused with B. tigrinum, especially when juvenile, but can be told apart quite easily by it's much less-defined colour pattern, rel…

References

References

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