Iridescent Catfish
- Scientific name:
Pangasianodon hypopthalmus
Animalia Kingdom Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Pangasiidae Genus: Pangasius
Iridescent Catfish
- Pangasianodon hypopthalmus
Main features:
• The filamentous barbels, which is known as the mustache, is essential for their survival, since they help them detect the food they consume.
• Its body has some sharp and retractable spines in the front part of the pectoral and dorsal fin, the spines are very useful when it comes to being attacked
by their predators because in some of them they have glands that are poisonous that they serve to inject.
• Their skin is extremely tough and does not have scales.
Reproduction:
• Its reproduction is oviparous.
• Catfish usually build nests and their parents take care of the eggs.
Feeding:
• Some are herbivores, others feed on other species, others prefer sea invertebrates, and can even feed on zooplankton.
Distribution:
• The catfish is distributed in all parts of the world except Antarctica.
Zoo Vida Exótica en Baños de Agua Santa Rules
- Do not feed the animals.
- Keep your hands out of the cages.
- No pictures with FLASH.
- Do not catch the animals.
- Do not throw objects inside the cages.