Ripsaw catfish

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The Ripsaw catfish lives in the demersal, freshwater, pH range: 6.0 - 7.8, dH range: 25 environment.

Ripsaw catfish - Pseudodoras niger or(Oxydoras niger) is a catfish from the Amazon. Can be purchased for aquariums. But they can outgrow an aquarium as they gt fairly large. More

Fishing Simulator 2 - Ripsaw Catfish information - Official Ripsaw Catfish record catch Record (lb's) Record (kg's) Venue / peg Date Angler 10 lb, 12 More

smooth-skinned, but others, like the ripsaw catfish in the Flooded Amazon exhibit, have bony plates called scutes. Some catfish have the ability to inject painful toxins via pectoral spines, so handling them can be a risky business. More

Common names

Bagre hueso in Spanish (español)
Bagre sierra in English
Black doras in English
Black shielded catfish in English
cuiu cuiu in English
Cuiu-cuiu in Other
Cuyú-cuyú in Other
Macusi in Other
Mustaokamonni in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Ripsaw catfish in English
Saurawari in Other
Schwarzer Dornwels in German (Deutsch)
Toro in English
Toro in Other
Turushuqui in Spanish (español)
拟陶乐鲶 in Mandarin Chinese
擬陶樂鯰 in Mandarin Chinese
黑体尖陶乐鲶 in Mandarin Chinese
黑體尖陶樂鯰 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Siluriformes
Family : Doradidae
Genus : Oxydoras
Species : Oxydoras niger
Authority : Valenciennes, 1821