• Name:

    Firewood Catfish

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  • Family: Pimelodidae
  • Species: Catfish
  • Scientific Name: Sorubimichthys planiceps
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Also Know As:

| Planiceps Catfish

| Shovelnose Catfish

General info about Firewood Catfish

The Sorubimichthys planiceps is commonly referred to as the firewood catfish due to there not being much value in eating them so instead many times they are dried up and used as firewood instead.

Firewood Catfish Origin

The Firewood catfish can normally be found in the fast-moving stream with whitewater rapids where sediments if found throughout the Orinoco and Amazon Basins.

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Firewood Catfish Catfish Pimelodidae Sorubimichthys planiceps

The Sorubimichthys planiceps is commonly referred to as the firewood catfish due to there not being much value in eating them so instead many times they are dried up and used as firewood instead.

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