Porthole catfish

Porthole catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Dianema
Species:	D. longibarbis
Binomial name
Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872

The porthole catfish or slender catfish, Dianema longibarbis, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Callichthyinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru. It was originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1872.

The fish will grow in length up to 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in). It natively inhabits waters with a pH range of 5.5 to 7.5, a hardness of 2 - 20 DH, and a temperature of 22° - 26° C (72° - 79° F).

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Dianema longibarbis" in FishBase. February 2007 version.