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Aspredinichthys filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Description

Common Names

  • Grongron , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Kronkron , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Poson-kronkron , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Syvskægget banjomalle , Danish , Denmark
  • Sevenbarbed banjo , English , Global
  • Kullessäga , Estonian , Estonia
  • Claqueur sept-barbes , French , France
  • Claqueur sept-barbes , French , Global
  • Poisson banjo , French , France
  • Sibali grongron , Galibi , French Guiana
  • 丝鳍地鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 丝鳍粗皮鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 絲鰭地鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 絲鰭粗皮鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Maranri , Palicur (Palikur) , French Guiana
  • Bagre roncador sietebarbas , Spanish , Spain
  • Riqui-riqui , Spanish , Venezuela

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Siluriformes

    Family: Aspredinidae

    Genus: Aspredinichthys

    Species: Aspredinichthys filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1840)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: lower portions of coastal rivers and in coastal waters in Venezuela to Brazil.

    • Biology

    Benthic fish which lives on sandy-muddy littoral waters, estuaries and flooded zones of rivers. Reproduction takes place in April and June (Ref. 35381). The species has a peculiar mode of egg incubation wherein the female banjo catfish carries the eggs firmly attached to the underside of the body. This seems to be an adaptation to facilitate the oxygenation of the eggs in muddy environments (Ref. 35381). It is captured in coastal traps of stakes driven into the tidal mud (Chinese fish traps) (Ref. 6868).

    Habitat

    brackish