Centromochlus perugiae | 水產百科網

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Driftwood catfish of wood cats  are smaller cafish found throughout the Amazon river.  The family has ben devided in two subfamilies, Auchenipterinae and Centromochlinae.

Centromochlus comes  from the Greek ‘kenteo’, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; which is in reference to the long spines. As the common name wood cats implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps for shelter.

Wood cats are unique among catfishes in that they practice internal fertilization. The male’s anal fin serves a similar role as the gonopodium in livebearers.

Centromochlus perugiae reaches a maximum size of only 5 – 6 cm and is covered in a pattern of large black spots separated by a white network, hence the common name ‘honeycomb’. Their distribution is throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

Until 1998...