Melanistic Black Panda Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) Sizes:3 - 3.5 inches Notoglanidium macrostoma

Notoglanidium macrostoma

Feeding Shrimp and cut fish

this interesting fish is from a family of parasitic catfish known as Cetopsidae

Females are bigger then the males

Commonly referred to as the Tabla Barba catfish in its native country

Melanistic Black Panda Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) Sizes:3 - 3.5 inches Notoglanidium macrostomaThis is a color morph where the fish is showing excessive and or more then normal black coloration to the point where is fish is almost all black. The name Panda implies the black and white color of the fish. The ratio of black and white can vary from fish to fish. Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, or redtail catfish, are often known as the vacuums of the tank that will not only eat anything they can fit in their mouth that looks appetizing but also