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Name

Scientific name

Brachyplatystoma platynemum

Described by

Authority Boulenger, Year 1898

Family

Pimelodidae

Common names

Slobbering Catfish

Photograph credits

All 4 credited

Summary

The slobbering catfish, Brachyplatystoma platynemum, is a large migratory pimelodid catfish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins. The name re…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

1000mm, standard length

Aquarium size

Not recorded

Water

Water conditions

Temperature 22–28°C, pH 6–8

Hardness

1–20dGH

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, Venezuela, Amazon, Caquetá, Guaviare, Guayabero, Içá, Japurá, Jurua, Madeira, Meta, Metica, Napo, Orinoco, Purus, Putumayo, Solimões

Writing

Etymology

Not written yet

Distribution

Type locality is 'Pará, Brazil' but this species is widely-distributed throughout much of the Amazon and Orinoco basins, including many tributary drainages.

Habitat

Found in a number of habitat-types, though rarely in smaller tributaries, generally preferring deeper, flowing channels through which it travels for considerab…

Aquarium size

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

Unrecorded in captivity.

Notes

This species was referred to the genus Goslinia for a number of years, but is currently included in Brachyplatystoma based on a pair of synapomorphies shared b…

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References

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