Armored Catfish
Callichthys callichthys
SYN: Callichthys coelatus, Cataphractus callichthys, Silurus callichthys
PD: An elongated catfish with straight belly profile. Its head is broad and flattened and has small eyes.
Armored Catfish - Accepts all types of foods, but needs lots of vegetable matter. Should be fed at night just before turning off lights.
Auratus - Accepts all types of foods, but prefers live food.
Barbs - Accepts all types of foods.
Armored Catfish - Corydoras
Family: Callichthyidae
Corydoras are ideal for every type of aquarist as they are very peaceful and very hardy! ...
The Armored catfish is a nocturnal species. Provide plenty of cover away from light or it will not do well.
Sexing is unknown.
Breeding behavior is unknown.
Any species of armored catfish (family Loricariidae), most notably:
Hypostomus plecostomus and Hypostomus punctatus, two species of armored catfish popular with aquarists.
Any similar species marketed under the name "plecostomus" or "pleco".
" - Copeia, 1981 - Hypostomus is an armored catfish that is capable of a faculative air breathing in hypoxic water in rivers and swamps, and also breathes air during short migra- tions on land. Hypostomus regani...
armored catfishes)Callichthyidae
Characidae(Characins)Characidae
Cichlidae(Cichlids)Cichlidae
Citharinidae(---)Citharinidae
Cobitidae(Loaches)Cobitidae
Crenuchidae(Sailfin tetras)Crenuchidae
Cyprinidae(Minnows or carps)Cyprinidae ...
Just like plecos and many other armored catfishes, the unarmored banjo catfish will try to pinch you if you pick him up. Of course, most people have more sense than to try to pick them up.
Cory Cats are members of the family Callichthyidae, a family of armored catfish from South America. Corys are small (generally 2 1/2" long or less), schooling fish that are always searching the bottom of the tank for food.
These relatively ancient armored catfish occur naturally in South America and Panama. There bodies are covered with two rows of overlapping bony plates on each side and the swim bladder is contained in bony case.
(2003) Subfamily Loricariinae (Armored Catfishes). In Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Edipucrs, Porto Alegre pp. 330-350.
Another time a friend of mine came across some fishermen at the river and he brought me a gift for the pond: four armored catfish (Callichthys callichthys).
Corydoras, or "Cory" Catfish are a large group of South American armored catfish. There are over 70 species of Corydoras Catfish, all similar in size and all requiring the same care. They are small, ranging in size from 1-3 inches in length.
Similar to the armored catfish the eggs are laid on the leaves of plants or on the tank glass. No care is given once they are laid. The eggs hatch in about two days and three days later the fry are free swimming.
Plec, Pleco - Common abbreviation loosely applied to many species of the Loricarid family of armored catfish and other similar fish, not just to the type species Hypostomus Plecostomus. Popular to the hobby.
Family: Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Ancistrinae
Order: Siluriformes (catfish)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) ...
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) Order: Siluriformes Family: Loricariidae (Armored catfishes), subfamily: Ancistrinae
First European import: Germany, 1914, by F. Kurich. First American import: N/A, Native fish.
Description: See picture ...
The orange-finned loach is a schooling species that does best when kept in small groups (i.e., six or more individuals) in a tank with more active fishes, such as barbs and armored catfish. It becomes very active at night.
Pairs should be kept in their own tank, the very aggressive nature of these fish when spawning means that even the smallest of tankmates will be chased and killed if possible. Even armored catfish, such a plecostomus species', will not be tolerated.
a very interesting and informational book; one of the best I have read. Written by Werner Seuss, entitled "Corydoras" and published by Daehne Verlag it is an excellent book which will help you understand many things about those small armored ...
Examples include a number of cichlid, such as the oscar, Jack Dempsey, jewelfish, convict cichlid, Midas cichlid, and spotted tilapia; and livebearers, such as swordtails, platies and mollies, and armored catfishes.
 See also: Catfish, Species, Fish, Water, Aquarium
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