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Male, note enlarged upper caudal lobe
Male
Female
Video of egg mass
Close-up of egg mass
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Video newly hatched fry
Ten day old fry
Three week old juvenile
Four week old juvenile
Six week old juvenile
Two month old
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Female spawning

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Tatia intermedia** (Steindachner, 1877)
Common Name	Driftwood Cat
Type Locality	Marabitanos, Pará, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Centromochlus intermedius
Pronunciation	TA tee ah
Etymology	Tatia: Named after the ichthyologist C. Tate Regan.
Articles	- CotM 2009 January - Shane's World Reproduction Breeding Tatia intermedia
Species Information
Size	120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	T. intermedia is often confused with T. galaxias. Both species have dark base with light spots, but on T. intermedia spots are off-white and fade with age. In T. galaxias the spots are bright white, and the body is velvety black. The body shape of T. galaxias is also more slender.
Sexing	Mature males exhibit modified anal fin copulatory organ.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin and rivers of Guianas. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Temperature	22.0-28.0°C or 71.6-82.4°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into.
Breeding	Has been bred several times by different people. Large number of eggs kept together by a kind of jelly. These eggs are not eaten by the adults and hatch within a few days. Planet Catfish user Daniel Blom was able to prove that a female deposited fertile eggs without a male specimen around, thus indicating that this species also has internal fertilization, a fact which was (is) doubted by scientists.
Breeding Reports	There are 8 breeding reports, read them all here.
Further Information
Reference	Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.), pp 664 [106].
Registered Keepers	There are 75 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 34 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
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Last Update	2020 Sep 25 00:49 (species record created: 2001 Apr 13 00:00)