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Aguarunichthys

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Where the name comes fromEdit

in reference to the Aguaruna, an indigenous people of the Peruvian jungle who primarily live on the Marañón River in northern Peru near the border with Ecuador, plus the Greek ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), meaning 'fish'.

Subadult specimen from the German aquarium trade.

Aguarunichthys torosusBolt Catfish

Stewart, 1986

Max length
346mm SL14in SL
Tank
not recorded
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The bolt catfish, Aguarunichthys torosus, is a pimelodid catfish known only from the Río Marañón in the upper Amazon basin of Peru. It probably also occurs in some tributaries draining into Peru from Ecuador. Also traded as 'Jello Band' or 'Yellow Band' catfish, it eats fishes small enough to fit in its mouth and is aggressively territorial towards conspecifics, so is best kept singly among larger, ideally fluvial, species.

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