Flagtail catfish
Appearance
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Flagtail catfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Callichthyidae |
Genus: | Dianema |
Species: | D. urostriatum
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Binomial name | |
Dianema urostriatum (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912)
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The flagtail catfish or stripedtail catfish, Dianema urostriatum, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Callichthyinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in the Amazon Basin in South America.[1]
The fish will grow in length up to 12.5 cm (4.9 in).[2] It natively inhabits waters with a pH range of 6.0 to 8.0, a hardness of 5 – 19 DH, and a temperature of 25–28 °C (77–82 °F).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Dianema urostriatum" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ PlanetCatfish: Dianema urostriatum. Retrieved 30 May 2014.