dedicated Dr. E. R. Dunn
Synonyms
Centromochlus dunni
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
114.5 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
➀ rio Japurá = río Caquetá near Morelia, upper / middle ➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões, ➀ rio Purus = río Purús, río Ampiyacu = río Ambyiacu, río Blanco, río Conambo, río Corrientes, ➀ río Cuyabeno, lago Grande, ➀ laguna Grande, quebrada de Hormigas, lago Jari, laguna Lagartococha, río Tarapuy = río Águas Negras, río Yahuasyacu = río Yaguas Yacu, laguna Zuncudococha = laguna Zuncudo Cocha
Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (COL), Caquetá, Napo, Sucumbíos, Pastaza, Loreto
Brazil, Equador, Colombia, Peru
laguna Grande → río Cuyabeno | río Lagartococha | quebrada Zuncudococha ⇒ río Aguarico ⇒ río Napo | río Tigre → río Marañón | rio Jari → rio Purus | río Ampiyacu ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE
˜[ 1.498,-75.725 ]
High above sea level
< 1950 m
Eats plants
not known
Free spawner
yes
Welstreffen Negast
 
present
iii / 6 - 7 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
I / (4 -) 5 rays
5 soft rays
iii / 6 - 7 rays
8 + 9 soft rays
I / (4 -) 5 rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
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. 476
- Schiller, Erik: "Driftwood catfish – über die Pflege und Nachzucht des Trugdornwelses Tatia dunni"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2015 – “Wels-Presseschau”)
- Fowler, Henry W., 1945 "Colombian Zoological Survey - I. The Fresh-Water Fishes obtained in 1945" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 97, P. 111)
- Soares-Porto, L.M., 1998 "Monophyly and Interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae)" (abstract) (Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes, P. 333)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 77)
- Sarmento-Soares, Luisa M.; Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo F., 2008 "A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3, P. 495)
- Pavanelli, C.S. & Bifi, A.G., 2009 "A new Tatia (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 7 No. 2, P. 200)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 116)
- 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. 85)
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