Banjo catfish
Bunocephalus coracoideus
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The banjo catfish from the Amazon basin lives in ponds and forest creeks rich in plant debris and eats detritus from the bottom. It lays thousands of eggs on sand; unlike other banjo catfishes, the female does not carry the eggs attached to her body.
- Scientific name
- Bunocephalus coracoideus
- Family
- Aspredinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Aspredinidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Bunocephalus bicolor, Bunocephalus haggini, Dysichthys bicolor, Dysichthys coracoideus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 20–27 °C
- pH
- 5.8–7.8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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