Orange Catfish, Oremon Catfish, Rusty Jelly Catfish - Cephalosilurus fowleri
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Confusing multiple common names aside, this species is one of many distinctive species that come from the Rio Sao Francisco river system. The Rio Sao Francisco is the fourth largest river system in South America and the longest river wholly within Brazil. Many of its fishes are not found in other river systems and this lump of an orange catfish is one of them. I chose to write about this species as opposed to other similar ones as it is the most attractive (at least in terms of being a nice rusty orange colour - this fish stayed at home when graceful looks were being handed out) and so is readily identifiable.
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Husbandry of this species is simple. Feed it sparingly and keep its tank clean. Although growing to well over a foot, as its a natural ":couch potato":, it can be housed adequately in larger standard size aquaria. It will however, attempt to eat anything it is kept with. Adult fishes, especially females, get particularly aggressive even to their own kind - this might be an offshoot of their mode of reproduction - while it hasnt been documented in aquaria, it appears from field observations this fish practices at least limited care of a brood reared in shallow gravel depressions the fishes dig out themselves - no other fishes are tolerated in this zone. Thus filtration should be external as this fish likes nothing better than to dig itself in a pit of gravel and wait for lunch to swim by. Actually, thats about it as far as keeping this fish goes. Buy it, feed it, watch it grow fat - but I bet you name it too!
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THiS iS TRULY NOTHiNG LESS OF AN AQUATiC BEAST.
TED & PAUL kNOW i CALL iT "666/SixSixSix"
THiS MONSTER MAkES SUCH A LOUD NOiSE WHEN CHOMPiNG THiNGS DOWN, ONE WOULD THiNk A GUN SHOT WENT OFF.
THiS GUY iS AS BiG AS YOUR FACE.
AND HE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A BiTE OF YOURS~
lol.
FOR ANYONE WHOiS DOWN FOR A kiLLER CATFiSH...
THiS BEAST iS JUST RiGHT FOR YOU!!!!