Family - Auchenipteridae

Scientific Name - Tatia galaxias

Common Name - Milky Way Wood Catfish

Distribution/Location - Orinoco River Basin, Colombia & Venezuela

Water Parameters - pH <7

Temperature - 78-86 F

Size - 3"

Breeding - Internal fertilization, males have a gonipodium type anal fin used to inseminate the female. Female lays fertilized eggs

Personal Remarks - Easy to keep other then feeding requirements. Be sure to feed frozen foods like mosquito larvae, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp & live foods like white worms as they aren't likely to feed on prepared foods like flake & pellets. Nocturnal fish that needs hiding places in the form of driftwood, rockwork or even clay made caves.