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Aquarium Care: Very peaceful species which will do well in a quite community tank where the tank mates are non-aggressive. Does not bury itself in the substrate as much as other species of this family. Provide a sand substrate and a planted dark area to make them feel more secure in their surroundings. Better to feed at lights out or in a dimly lit tank so they can get their share of any foodstuffs. Diet: Live and frozen foods such as mosquito larvae, tubifex and small crustacea. Tablet foods and sunken flake that lies on the bottom is also taken. Etymology: The genus name Bunocephalus: buno-, mound or knob; cephalus, head, referring to rounded cusps or bumps on head. The specific name verrucosus: covered with verrucae, or warts, the skin “covered everywhere with very small granules or tubercles”.

Craggyhead Banjo Cat

Silurus verrucosus, Platystacus verrucosus, Bunocephalichthys verrucosus verrucosus, B. gronovii,  B. verrucosus scabriceps, Aspredo gronovii, Aspredo verrucosa, Bunocephalus gronovii, B. scabriceps, Agmus scabriceps, Agmus lyriformis.

Aspredinidae

South America: Rivers of the Guianas and throughout the Amazon River basin.

10.0cm. (4ins)

23-26°c (72-78°f.)

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 190. April 2012.