Red-tailed catfish

Dec 13, 2009 Lorenzo Martinez Bernal BIG FISH, TORPEDO 2

Red-tailed catfish

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus Orden: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
subfamily: Pimelodidinae
Class: Actinopterygii
Gender: Phractocephalus
[B]Species: Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Common name:[/B] Red-tailed catfish, Pejje Torre (Peru), fish tower (Peru), Pirrara (Brazil), Guacamayo bagre (Ecuador)
old denominations: Silurus hemioliopterus, Phractocephalus bicolor.

Shape: Forma fusiforme, three pairs of barbells having areas both taste, as olfactory and tactile, those that help you locate prey.

Coloration: dark upper body, almost black, the wing is decreasing the intensity going to olive, and the belly and bottom of the sides is white, except for an area between the fins èctoral dark. The most important feature of this fish is its fully red tail.

Size: Until 1.5 m long.

sex differences: In the absence of further studies on this fish, it is believed that the color of the tail can be a distinctive sexual, and another series of spots that have at the top of the head.

Geographical distribution: You can find him along all river basins of the Amazon and Orinoco.

Biotopo: It is located in open areas of the rivers it inhabits, preferably with slightly sandy beds or stony.

Water conditions: temperature between 20 and 28ºC, pH between 6 Y 7.5 gH 4 a 15º

Behavior: They are confined in aquariums become extremely territorial, killing all probability their tank mates, so it is recommended to keep only the aquarium, except in large public aquariums where size allows us to have with other fish.

Compatibility: With large cichlids provided that the size of the aquarium allows us, any fish that fits in the mouth will become part of your diet.

Feeding: Omnivoro, although most of their food is Carnivorous, especially live fish.

Aquarius: Large aquariums from 1000 liters

Reproduction: Reproduction impossible aquarium.

VIDEO

TheN SALUTE TO FRIENDS FISHING PROFESSIONAL

• catfish, fish, FISHING, CATFISH, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, SILURIFORMES, SILUROS