Scientific name:
sturisoma aureum

Natural spread:
Colombia

the sturisoma aureum lives in the low water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 100 cm for these fish. Males like females can gain a length of up to 20 cm. The night-active, very shy type makes very high demands for feed, water-quality and habitat.

Attitude: This itself above all through its exceptional, protracted one(s), pointed in direction head and tail should tapered body-form of other armor-catfish-types of distinguishing gold-beard-catfish on the basis of its timid and sensitivity as only as possible to the type-basin or in one with few others peaceful, not to big fishings society-aquarium occupied been held. The pH-area should lie between 6.5 and 7.0. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is quite costly and for beginners not suitable.

Differentiation of the sexes: The sexes are recognizable quite unambiguous with Sturisoma aureum at the thorns at the mouth-sides of the males, however these are not trained by all male fish right, so that is not always possible a 100 percent of identification of an animal with reference to its sex.

Natural spread: Colombia