{"id":6573,"date":"2012-10-22T20:45:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T18:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2012-10-23T00:26:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:26:15","slug":"gilded-catfish-zungaro-zungaro-in-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=6573","title":{"rendered":"Gilded catfish, Zungaro zungaro in Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo credit:<\/strong> Felipe Alviz Costa (Bolivia)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Description:<\/strong> Abdel Rahman El Gamal<\/p>\n

This catfish species has several common names such as giant Jelly Catfish, Gilded Catfish and Manguruy\u00fa (the last one is the Spanish name especially in Argentinian).\u00a0This species is native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America. This catfish is mainly piscivorous, that usually hunts at night. This fish is known by its aggressiveness. The gilded catfish\u00a0are sexually mature upon reaching about 10\u00a0kg weight. The nursery ground is at the river mouths.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Felipe Alviz Costa (Bolivia)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This catfish species has several common names such as giant Jelly Catfish, Gilded Catfish and Manguruy\u00fa (the last one is the Spanish name especially in Argentinian).\u00a0This species is native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America. This catfish is mainly … <\/p>\n

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