/siluriformes/pimelodidae/pseudoplatystoma/sp_hybrid%285%29/1.jpg "Pseudoplatystoma sp. hybrid(5)")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Pseudoplatystoma sp. hybrid(5) |
| Common Name | |
| Pronunciation | SUE doh plah tee stow mah |
| Etymology | (Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | This appears to be a hybrid between Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum and Leiarius marmoratus. As such is it similar to Pseudoplatystoma sp. hybrid(4). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets. User data. |
| Furniture | Large, spacious tank with open space for night time cruising. A large shady bogwood root or pipe that the catfish can retreat to during the day is also required. Ensure the heater is in the open and not in a place where the catfish may try and hide. When larger a hide is not necessary. |
| Compatibility | Ideally suited to life with other large fish. These catfish are predatory and will eat smaller fish if hungry. Claimed by some to behave aggressively/territorially towards other catfish. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length. |
| Breeding | Unreported in captivity although is commercially bred via egg stripping method which is often the source of fishes entering aquarium trade. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is but a single wish to keep this species, see who wants what. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for P. sp. hybrid(5) | |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.15.116.6584 | |
| Last Update | 2016 Mar 01 11:36 (species record created: 2016 Feb 22 21:00) |
