Pseudohemiodon

The giant whiptail catfish, Pseudohemiodon laticeps, is a loricariid from the rios Uruguay, Paraná and Paraguay in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Growing to 300 mm, it stays buried in soft substrate by day and emerges to feed at night, so a sandy substrate and very clean, stable water matter most. The male is a paternal 'lip brooder', carrying the eggs on his labial barbels for 12-14 days, and the species has been bred in aquaria.