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Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish

Chaca bankanensis

The Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish (Chaca bankanensis) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Chacidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 20 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened. In the aquarium it is kept at 22–26 °C.

Size: 20 cmtotal length
Temperature: 22–26 °C
pH: 6.0–8.0
Climate zone: Tropical

In the aquarium

Temperature22–26 °C

pH6.0–8.0

Hardness3–10 °dGH

In the wild

Water type: Freshwater
Climate zone: Tropical
Habitat: On the bottom
Aquarium trade: Traded commercially

Conservation status

Classification

OrderSiluriformes
FamilyChacidae
GenusChaca
SpeciesChaca bankanensis

Quick answers

Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish size: how big does it get?: It grows to 20 cm (total length).
Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish water parameters: what does it need?: Temperature 22–26 °C, pH 6.0–8.0, hardness 3–10 °dGH.
Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish: is it endangered?: The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened.

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