Hexanematichthys seemanni
| Common Names: | Black Fin Catfish Black Fin Shark Catfish Shark Catfish Tete Sea Catfish |
| Synonyms: | Ariopsis seemanni Arius seemanni Galeichthys seemanni Tachisurus seemanni |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Category: | Catfish_Bottom_Feeders |
| Distribution: | America - South; Coastal Peru |
| Main Ecosystem: | Delta; Delta |
| Temperament: | Active; They are generally a good community fish with fish their own size. Can be territorial with members of their own species. (Don't keep with fish that are much smaller since they are predaceous). |
| Diet: | Ominvore; Ominvore |
| Care: | Shark Catfish are omnivorous but prefer meaty foods. As juveniles, they will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food or pellet everyday. As they grow go to either pellets or live foods. This fish gets rather large, so plan on only keeping juveniles unless you have a large aquarium. This is actually a brackish water fish so they would prefer hard water with salt added. As per many of the livebeares, 1-1.25 teaspoons |
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| Potential Size: | Male: 35cm (13.8") Female: 35cm (13.8") |
| Water Region: | All; All |
| Activity: | Diurnal; Diurnal |
| Gender: | Not known. |
| Breeding: | Not successful in aquariums. In the wild they are mouth-brooders with the male brooding the eggs. |
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| Comments: | The Shark catfish has a venom on the spines that causes wounds to heal slowly so be careful when handling them. |
| Main Colours: | Silver |
| Markings: | No Markings |
| Mouth: | Downturned |
| Tail: | Forked |
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| Image Credit: | ;Gauntlet |
| Submitted By: | gauntlet |
| Contributors: | bettachris |
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