Marble Sailfin Catfish

With their distinctive spotted pattern huge dorsal fin and extremely long barbels they are a beautiful and active fish in the aquarium.

Marble sailfin catfish.

Also known as the painted saddle or marbled sailfin catfish it s debatable as to whether this species should be considered an aquarium subject at all given its eventual size. In the aquarium. Tankmates should be chosen with care as. Sailfin marbled catfish painted catfish saddle catfish sailfin pim segelantennenwels.

A large growing active and beautifully marked catfish the marble sailfin cat originates in the peruvian amazon. Fish story a diy public aquarium fish rescue 1 245 views 1 08. Synonym s bagrus pictus sciades pictus. These cats can and will attain something close to their maximum size in captivity and will do so quite quickly.

And are normally most abundant along the shore and in shallower waters. All too often juveniles are sold without adequate information regarding their long term care. Achara cat leiarius marmoratus marbled pim marmor prachtantennenwels sailfin pimeloid description description. They are known to create spawning burrows along shorelines sometimes undermining canal banks and lake shorelines.

Marbled sailfin pim catfish leiarius pictus trio 2 6 years old in 4500 gal dec 19 2016 duration. Sailfin catfish live in nearly any type of slow moving streams canals ponds and lakes. Sailfin pleco is quite peaceful towards any other fish but there may be some fights as for the territory with some other catfish. Little is known about the vermiculated sailfin s specific habitat.

In a small and crowded tank pterygoplichthys gibbiceps may become quite aggressive and attack other fish when protecting its territory. A profile of marbled sailfin pleco with details on water conditions including ph and hardness along with images and friendly forums. The genus name is derived from leios meaning smooth and arius which is a greek for dealing with mars warlike belliose. A manmade hybrid of two large growing catfish species of the amazon basin the marble sailfin or achara x tiger shovelnose is a somewhat recent addition to the aquarium hobby originally developed by breeders in asia but now in production as a food fish in south ameria as well.