Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. The body is a little elongated, without scales, with one lateral range of bony plaque. The head is large and flattened. Mouth terminal, and has three pairs of barbels. Eyes are small (Ref. 35381).

Common Names

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Cron cron dilé , Creole, French , French Guiana

Spiny catfish , English , USA

Talking catfish , English , USA

Kirjo-okamonni , Finnish , Finland

Silure cataphracte , French , France

Silure cataphracte , French , French Guiana

Gemeiner Dornwels , German , Germany

棘鯰(刺陶樂鯰) , Mandarin Chinese , China

棘鲶(刺陶乐鲶) , Mandarin Chinese , China

Kronkron dilé , Not specified , French Guiana

Bacu , Portuguese , Brazil

Baiacu , Portuguese , Brazil

Daqueiro , Portuguese , Brazil

Rebeca , Portuguese , Brazil

Botoado , Portuguese (French) , Brazil

Bacu pedra , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Vacu , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Bagre hueso , Spanish , Ecuador

Palakta , Wayana , French Guiana

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Doradidae

Genus: Acanthodoras

Species: Acanthodoras cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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South America: Amazon River basin and coastal drainages of French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname.

Biology

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Abundant in calm waters of swamps and mangroves (Ref. 27188). Omnivorous, feeds mainly on organic wastes. Searches for food by digging in the sediment. Active at night, lies hidden in the underwater roots and stocks during the day. Every basic unit of the sound they emit when they move their pectoral spine lasts 100-200 milliseconds with a frequency of 170-250 Hertz (Ref. 35381). Maximum length reported to reach 20 cm TL (Ref. 35381).

Habitat

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demersal