Zebra shovelnose ( Pimelodis catfish )

Zebra shovelnose (Brachyplatystoma tigrinum), also known as Pimelodis catfish catfish is a group of fish from the banks of the Amazon river in Columbia, Peru and Brazil. This catfish has a whitish yellow body color with a black stripe that is very attractive to the shape of the upper jaw is longer than the lower jaw.

The dorsal fin spine and chest are flexible and not sharp. Zebra shovelnose have small eyes and whiskers that can reach the length of your back. All fins and tail stripe patterned black and white, while the back of a head start to the front of the nose gray colored - plain gray with no stripe. These fish live in an environment having a temperature of 22 - 260C and pH 6,5 - 7,5.

Taxonomy
 

Kingdom   : Animalia
phylum      : chordates
Class         : Actinopterygii
order         : Siluriformes
Family       : Pimelodidae
genus        ; Brachyplatystoma
species      : Brachyplatystoma tigrinum

Zebra fish shovelnose is primarily sensitive to high nitrates kandingan, If nitrate content was above the tolerance limit then immediately stop feeding and changing water tank. These fish require dissolved oxygen levels are high, so use a large filter in the tank so that oxygen levels maintained. Zebra shovelnose carnivores tend to adapt to the food did not live, but it is used also with fish food such as shrimp, mussels, oysters, small fish and earthworms. Differences in male and female fish are hard to determine as well as breeding techniques are not yet known. Zebra shovelnose are nocturnal and territorial towards its own kind or other types of large catfish. In the natural habitat, these fish inhabit the river flows fast enough, while in the aquarium like environment bersubstrat sand, slick and clean watery. As of ornamental fish, this fish catfish termasik golangan most expensive and coveted freshwater fish hobbyist.