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Scientific Name	Pseudoplatystoma sp. hybrid(5)
Common Name
Pronunciation	SUE doh plah tee stow mah
Etymology	(Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth.
Species Information
Identification	This appears to be a hybrid between Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum and Leiarius marmoratus. As such is it similar to Pseudoplatystoma sp. hybrid(4).
Habitat Information
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets. User data.
Furniture	Large, spacious tank with open space for night time cruising. A large shady bogwood root or pipe that the catfish can retreat to during the day is also required. Ensure the heater is in the open and not in a place where the catfish may try and hide. When larger a hide is not necessary.
Compatibility	Ideally suited to life with other large fish. These catfish are predatory and will eat smaller fish if hungry. Claimed by some to behave aggressively/territorially towards other catfish.
Suggested Tankmates	Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length.
Breeding	Unreported in captivity although is commercially bred via egg stripping method which is often the source of fishes entering aquarium trade.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it.
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Last Update	2016 Mar 01 11:36 (species record created: 2016 Feb 22 21:00)