Platystacus cotylephorus
Bloch, 1794
(Type species)
Synonyms
has Aspredo sexcirrhis
has Aspredo spectrum
has Cotylephorus blochii
has Platystacus nematophorus
has Siluru hexadactylus
Banded banjo
Chicharrita rayada
Croncron rayé
Peitschenwels
Whiptail banjo catfish
has Aspredo spectrum
has Cotylephorus blochii
has Platystacus nematophorus
has Siluru hexadactylus
Banded banjo
Chicharrita rayada
Croncron rayé
Peitschenwels
Whiptail banjo catfish
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Type of water
Brackish water
Substrate
mud
Eats plants
not known
unknown
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
- Mees, G.F., 1987 "The members of the subfamily Aspredininae, family Aspredinidae in Suriname (Pisces, Nematognathi)" ( Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 186
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 264
- Bloch, M.E., 1794 "Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische" (Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, pt. 2 v.4 th.7, P. 54)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Camargo, M. & Victoria, I., 2001 "Os peixes estuarinos da região norte do Brasil: Lista de espécies e considerações sobre sua distribuição geográfica"
- Ferraris, C.J., 2003 "Auchenipteridae, Pimelodidae, Aspredinidae, and Loricariidae" (The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic, Vol. 2, P. 863)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 61)
- Phillip, D.A.T.; Taphorn, D.C.; Holm, E.;Gilliam, J.F.; Lamphere, B.A. & López-Fernández, H., 2013 "Annotated list and key to the stream fishes of Trinidad & Tobago" (Zootaxa, Vol. 3711 No. 1, P. 18)
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Ingo Seidel
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