Centromochlus

All members of the family Auchenipteridae are thought to practise internal insemination and females can carry mature, unfertilised eggs and sperm packets inside the body for unspecified periods of time. When conditions are satisfactory fertilisation is triggered and the eggs deposited, and there is n...

A very cute little catfish, that unfortunately is rarely kept in ideal conditions. When it is maintained properly, it's a joy to watch as it feeds from close to the water surface, swimming frantically in the flow. It was reclassified, and placed in the genus Centromochlus in 1998.

The genus Centromochlus is diagnosable by members having the proximal anal-fin radials enlarged and fused to each other at the base, forming a single ossified structure. It's sometimes included in the putative subfa...