FROGMOUTH CATFISH - Large

Cephalosilurus fowleri.....Four species have been described to the genus Cephalosilurus, all resident in South America. Three of these have been introduced into the aquarium trade up to now: C. apurensis, nigricaudus and fowleri. In terms of body shape they are only a little different from each other. Their trademark is the big head with little eyes and short barbels but with a mouht that is almost as wide as the head. They are sluggish animals which hardly move and only lie waiting for prey. C. fowleri is to be found exclusively in the Rio São Francisco of Brazil and there mainly in calmer flowing sections of the river.