Pez Gato Andador

Pez Gato Andador

• Clarias batrachus

Main features:

• The male specimens have dark spots that are absent in the females.

• They lack dorsal and anal spines, the dorsal rays are soft.

• The elongated barbels that emerge from its mouth as organs stand out. sensory, with upper jaw more pronounced than lower.

• Its coloration is brownish to dark, there are also species with light background color and irregularly distributed spots on the body.

Reproduction:

• Oviparous.

• It is at the arrival of the rainy season, spawning occurs through nuptial hugs

followed by the deposit of eggs in the nests that they have previously made, the broodstock, in the aquatic mud.

Feeding:

• It is an omnivorous species.

• In the wild it feeds on invertebrates, such as earthworms, larvae, insects.

• In captivity it consumes a wide range of foods: flakes, balanced vegetables, live, frozen and freeze-dried food.

Distribution:

• Its origin is from Knwon of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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