Synonyms
Bagre Chaleco
Cabeçudo
Megalonema rhabdostigma
Ornate Pimelodus
Schmuckantennenwels
Silurus megacephalus
Cabeçudo
Megalonema rhabdostigma
Ornate Pimelodus
Schmuckantennenwels
Silurus megacephalus
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
fishes
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
long
13 soft rays
17 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
10 soft rays
6 soft rays
13 soft rays
17 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
10 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
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- PCF
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for the pictures
Devya Hemraj
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Henry Fowler, 1914 (PD)
5
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