D; 1-6, Shark-like body appearance, large eyes, deep caudal peduncle with truncate to keel shaped caudal fin. Large anal fin.

Blue-grey body coloration with small white spots. Black tip to dorsal fin. Pectoral and dorsal spines with black edging. Anal fin with black edging. When in good condition these fish can show a yellow coloration in the caudal fin band.

Good community catfish with normal sized patrons but not to be trusted with small Tetras for instance, which will be picked of at night on its twilight patrols.

This family practice internal fertilization with the female depositing the fertilized eggs on aquatic vegetation with no care of the eggs shown. An unsuccessful breeding report states that the male swims behind the female and they suddenly lock their pectoral, female's adipose and caudal fin. They speed around the tank and are oblivious to anything around them. After this confrontation they break apart and fall to the aquarium floor where they sit for a couple hours in a "dazed" condition.

Can be fed most aquarium fare such as good quality flake, white worm, tablet and pellet foods and frozen foods such as bloodworm. Better to feed at lights out until they get accustomed to the daytime feeding regime when they may very well join in.

*Descriptions provided by Dictionary of Everything, Dictionary of Fish