Freshwater
Gilded catfish
Zungaro zungaro
Pimelodidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 140 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 57,575 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Uruguay, and 1 more country.
More about the species
Description
Specimens measuring 130 cm and weighing 50 kg are not rare. In the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottom. Mainly piscivorous, hunts at night, sometimes going into flood prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating Triportheus and Anodus have been reported. Sexually mature upon reaching 10 kg weight. The nursery ground is at the river mouths.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Bagrus flavicans
- Brachyplatystoma flavicans
- Paulicea jahu
- Paulicea luetkeni
- Paulicea lutkeni
- Pimelodus zungaro
In other languages
- Pseudopimelodus schultzi
- Jymyantennimonni, Kultalapamonni
- Black manguruyu, Catfish, Jahu, Jaú
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to set up a South American aquarium4 min read
Soft, acidic water, subdued light, sand, roots and fallen leaves: how to set up a biotope aquarium from the Amazon and the rivers around it.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.