Asterophysus batrachus
Kner, 1858
(Type species)
Synonyms
Gulper Catfish
Ogre Catfish
Ogre Catfish
Length (total)
> 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
250.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Type of water
Black water
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
M: first ray of anal fin is thickened
unknown
13 soft rays
15 soft rays
I / 5 rays
7 soft rays
10 soft rays
15 soft rays
I / 5 rays
7 soft rays
10 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 472
- Seidel, Ingo: "Die Harnischwelse des Rio Jatapu"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2008 / Januar 2009) - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zu Unrecht verdammt: Asterophysus batrachus"
(DATZ Februar / März 2023)
- Kner, R., 1857 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 26, P. 403)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 70)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 535)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 86)
- Discusman
- Asterophysus batrachus, der "falsche Dornwels" oder auch Altumfresser
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
Robert Eckert
1, 2, 4, 5, 6
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