Trachelyopterus ceratophysus

Kner, 1858
Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
Auchenipterus ceratophysus
Length (total)
approx.  28 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm

Mato Grosso

Brazil

río Guaporé → río Mamoré → rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE

˜[ -13.514,-61.886 ]
Map to Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
present
20 soft rays
convex
I / 5 rays
convex
5 soft rays
Not 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
  • Bertoletti, J.J.; da Silva, J.F.P. & Pereira, E.H.L., 1995 "A new species of the catfish genus Trachelyopterus (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) from southern Brazil" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 71
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 478
Pic. 2: Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
Pic. 3: Trachelyopterus ceratophysus
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Kner (1857) (PD)
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