This fish has also been placed in its own family, Calophysidae.[2]
This species reaches 40 centimetres (16 in) SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins.[3] This species is reported to commonly attack the fishes caught in fishermen's nets and seines as well as those hooked on trotlines or gaffed.[3]
This fish species is a smaller Pimelodid, and may be appropriate for a large aquarium. It is an adaptable and hardy species. Tankmates should be chosen with great care as this fish has the ability to bite and tear off pieces of flesh,[2][4] although many who have actually kept the fish report no apparent signs of aggression.[5]
calophysus, macropterus, also, known, piracatinga, vulture, catfish, zamurito, species, catfish, order, siluriformes, monotypic, genus, calophysus, family, pimelodidae, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, actinopt. Calophysus macropterus also known as the Piracatinga Vulture Catfish or Zamurito is a species of catfish order Siluriformes of the monotypic genus Calophysus of the family Pimelodidae 1 Calophysus macropterusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder SiluriformesFamily PimelodidaeGenus CalophysusMuller amp Troschel in Muller 1843Species C macropterusBinomial nameCalophysus macropterus Lichtenstein 1819 SynonymsPimelodes macropterusLichtenstein 1819 Pimelodus ctenodusSpix amp Agassiz 1829 Pimeletropis lateralisGill 1859This fish has also been placed in its own family Calophysidae 2 This species reaches 40 centimetres 16 in SL and originates from the Amazon and Orinoco basins 3 This species is reported to commonly attack the fishes caught in fishermen s nets and seines as well as those hooked on trotlines or gaffed 3 This fish species is a smaller Pimelodid and may be appropriate for a large aquarium It is an adaptable and hardy species Tankmates should be chosen with great care as this fish has the ability to bite and tear off pieces of flesh 2 4 although many who have actually kept the fish report no apparent signs of aggression 5 References edit Calophysus macropterus Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved May 23 2007 a b PlanetCatfish Catfish of the Month May 2006 2006 05 10 Retrieved 2007 06 08 a b Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2012 Calophysus macropterus in FishBase February 2012 version Black Richard 2008 03 26 Dolphin woos with wood and grass BBC News Retrieved 2008 03 26 Calophysus macropterus Vulture Catfish Questions 2011 06 08 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Ros Wolfgang and Schmidt Jakob 2008 Calophysus macropterus Ein Hai im Susswasseraquarium D Aqu u Terr Z Datz 61 4 16 18 nbsp This Pimelodidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calophysus macropterus amp oldid 1181909218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
