Pimelodus

Pimelodus ko Flathead catfish wakilai ne na babban iyali Pimelodidae (Pimelodidae) waɗanda ke zaune a cikin kogin Kudancin da Amurka ta Tsakiya.

Yawancin nau'ikan suna cikin manyan kifin da aka ajiye a cikin kifaye. Wasu daga cikinsu sun kai tsayin sama da mita biyu. A wuraren zamansu, suna zama muhimmin kifi na kasuwanci ga al'ummar yankin, da kuma wani abu na kamun kifi na wasanni. Sau da yawa sukan zama jaruman shirye-shiryen kimiyya da yawa, musamman a tashar Discovery Channel da National Geographic tashoshi, inda saboda girmansu, manyan dodanni na ruwa suna wakilta.

Duk da irin wannan gagarumin wasan kwaikwayon da salon rayuwa mai ban sha'awa, wannan kifin kifi ne mai cikakken zaman lafiya da rashin tausayi, wanda, a wasu al'amura, zai ci duk wani kifi da zai iya shiga cikin bakinsa.

Pimelodus suna kama da juna saboda halayen halayen su - kai mai lebur da gashin baki mai tsayi wanda ya kai tsawon jiki. Amma a lokaci guda, yara da manya suna da bambanci sosai a launi kuma a wasu lokuta suna kuskuren nau'i daban-daban. Na karshen yakan haifar da yanayi inda ake sayar da kifin matasa a matsayin nau'in nau'i daban-daban. Aquarist wanda ya saya su a nan gaba yana fuskantar gaskiyar cewa, kamar yadda ya yi tunani, ƙananan kifi ba ya daina girma kuma a hanya yana cin maƙwabtansa a cikin akwatin kifaye. Irin wannan al’amari ya zama ruwan dare a lokacin da masu fitar da kaya ke siyan kifi ba daga gidajen kyankyasai na kasuwanci ba, amma daga mazauna yankin da ke kama kananan yara a cikin daji. Kifi mai laushi ba ya haihuwa da kyau a cikin mahalli na wucin gadi, don haka kullun kama daga koguna ba makawa.

Waɗannan wakilan kifin kifi ba safai ake samun su a cikin aquariums masu son a Turai da Asiya ba, amma suna da yawa kusa da mazauninsu na halitta - a cikin ƙasashen Amurka biyu. Kula da irin waɗannan manyan kifin, tare da ƴan kaɗan, yana da alaƙa da tsadar farashi mai alaƙa da shigar da babban akwatin kifaye, jimlar nauyin wanda wani lokacin ya kai ton da yawa, da ƙarin kulawa.