Bottlenose catfish
Ageneiosus marmoratus
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A predatory South American catfish (Guyana, Suriname, Peru and Ecuador) with a long snout and marbled body that eats fish: it only suits tankmates too large to swallow.
- Scientific name
- Ageneiosus marmoratus
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Auchenipteridae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Ageneiosus barranquenensis
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22.5–26 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 3–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 18.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 540 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Not evaluated (NE)
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