Pictus Catfish: Scientifically known as the Pimelodus pictus, this tropical fish is a member of the Pimelodidae catfish family. Commonly confused with the unrelated African variant known as the Synodontis Angelica, the Pictus is native to the warm rivers and streams of South America and can mostly be found in Venezuela, Peru, Columbia and Brazil HERE AT ALAMEDA: we have 1 in the aquarium in the education center you will see him hiding on the bottom in his log. |