Pimelodus

ʻO Pimelodus a i ʻole Flathead catfish nā ʻelele o ka ʻohana nui Pimelodidae (Pimelodidae) e noho ana i nā kahawai o ʻAmelika Hema a me Central America.

Aia ka hapa nui o nā ʻano iʻa i mālama ʻia i loko o nā aquarium. Hiki i kekahi o lākou ke lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua mau mika. Ma ko lākou mau wahi noho, lawelawe lākou ma ke ʻano he iʻa kālepa koʻikoʻi no ka poʻe kamaʻāina, a me kahi mea no ka lawaiʻa haʻuki. Ua lilo pinepine lākou i poʻe koa o nā papahana ʻepekema kaulana, ʻo ia hoʻi ma nā ala Discovery Channel a me National Geographic, kahi, ma muli o ko lākou nui, ua hōʻike ʻia lākou e nā monsters wai hou.

ʻOiai ka hana weliweli a me ka nohona predatory, he iʻa iʻa maluhia loa a ʻaʻole hoʻomāinoino kēia, a ma nā mea ʻē aʻe, e ʻai i nā iʻa i kūpono i kona waha.

Ua like like ka Pimelodus i kekahi i kekahi ma muli o ko lākou ʻano hiʻohiʻona - he poʻo pālahalaha a me ka ʻumi lōʻihi e hiki i ka lōʻihi o ke kino. Akā i ka manawa like, ʻokoʻa loa ka waihoʻoluʻu o nā ʻōpio a me nā pākeke a i kekahi manawa ua kuhihewa lākou no nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. Ke alakaʻi pinepine nei ka hope i nā kūlana kahi e kūʻai ʻia ai ka iʻa ʻōpiopio ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka aquarist nāna i kūʻai aku iā lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana ke alo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me kāna i manaʻo ai, ʻaʻole pau kāna iʻa liʻiliʻi i ka ulu ʻana a ma ke ala e ʻai ai i kona mau hoalauna i ka aquarium. He mea maʻamau ke ʻano like i ka wā e kūʻai ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā iʻa ʻaʻole mai nā hale hānai pāʻoihana, akā mai nā kamaʻāina kūloko e hopu ana i nā ʻōpio ma ka nahele. ʻAʻole hānai maikaʻi ka iʻa Flathead i loko o ke kaiapuni hana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae ʻia ka hopu mau ʻana mai nā muliwai.

ʻAʻole loaʻa kēia mau ʻelele o ka iʻa i loko o nā aquarium amateur ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAsia, akā ua pālahalaha ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe - ma nā ʻāina ʻelua o ʻAmelika. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kēlā mau iʻa nui, me nā ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi, pili i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi aquarium nui, ʻo ka nui o ke kaumaha i kekahi manawa a hiki i kekahi mau tona, a me kona mālama hou ʻana.