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fish, preferring slightly acidic, not too hard water maintained at 20–25 °C (68–77 °F). Since these species are nocturnal burrowers, they need an aquarium with a soft, sandy substrate into which they hide during the daytime and forage in at night. Sharp sand or coarse gravel will damage
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Sullivan, JP; Lundberg JG; Hardman M (2006). "A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences".
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A few banjo catfishes are kept as aquarium fish, predominantly the smaller members of the subfamily
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590:"Family Aspredinidae"
561:List of fish families
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406:Description
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1231:Categories
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572:References
400:Mochokidae
388:Doradoidea
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358:Micromyzon
345:Of the 13
232:Subfamily
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630:, Inc.
495:benthic
482:Ecology
472:Aspredo
378:as the
313:Uruguay
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133:, 1854
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372:Asian
323:Andes
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