The catfish prefers warm waters, a slow course, thoroughly muddy, stagnant and full of vegetation, rivers and canals or lakes and ponds of the plains. E' un pence estremamente resistant riuscendo a so pravviver meglio  specie in carenza di ossigeno disciolto ed amends  margin di tolleranza delle temperature. It 'a very tough fish managing to survive better than other species in the absence of dissolved oxygen and having room for tolerance of temperatures. L'alimentazione è carnivore e compared  invertebrates aquatics piccolo pesci. The power supply is carnivorous and includes aquatic invertebrates and small fish.