Banjo catfish
Aspredo aspredo
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The largest banjo catfish, about 38 centimetres, and the only member of its genus. It lives in the lower reaches of rivers, from Venezuela to northern Brazil, on sandy-muddy bottoms in turbid and sometimes brackish water. The female carries the eggs attached to her belly.
- Scientific name
- Aspredo aspredo
- Family
- Aspredinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Brackish
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Aspredo batrachus, Aspredo octocirrus, Aspredo sicuephorus, Aspredo sicyephorus, Platystacus laevis, Silurus aspredo
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul, América do Norte
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 38.3 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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