Synonyms
Fox Catfish
Platystoma sturio
Sorubim mena
Störspatelwels
Sturgeon Catfish
Zorro Catfish
Platystoma sturio
Sorubim mena
Störspatelwels
Sturgeon Catfish
Zorro Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 45 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
15 soft rays
20 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
15 soft rays
20 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
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
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. 441
- Kner, R., 1857 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 26, P. 395)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 297)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 340)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- 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. 94)
- Seidel, I. "Ein attraktiver Raubwels" (Newsletter Fa. aqua-global)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2
Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
3
Ingo Seidel
4
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