Gilded catfish
Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
The Gilded catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Pimelodidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 192 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Vulnerable. In the aquarium it is kept at 22–28 °C.
- Size
- 192 cmtotal length
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the aquarium
Temperature22–28 °C
pH6.0–8.0
Hardness1–20 °dGH
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
- GenusBrachyplatystoma
- SpeciesBrachyplatystoma rousseauxii
Quick answers
- Gilded catfish size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 192 cm (total length).
- Gilded catfish water parameters: what does it need?
- Temperature 22–28 °C, pH 6.0–8.0, hardness 1–20 °dGH.
- Gilded catfish: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Vulnerable.
Related species
Laulao catfishBrachyplatystoma vaillantii
Slobbering catfishBrachyplatystoma platynemum
Zebra catfishBrachyplatystoma juruense
Redtail CatfishPhractocephalus hemioliopterus
Tiger SorubimPseudoplatystoma tigrinum
barred sorubimPseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Leiarius pictus
Duckbill CatfishSorubim lima
Spotted PimPimelodus maculatus
Ornate PimelodusPimelodus ornatus
Leiarius longibarbis
Spotted PimelodusPimelodus pictus
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.