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Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860

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Habitat: This species inhabits fast-flowing streams and rivers with a sandy or rocky bottom. Aquarium Care: Best kept with larger Danio's such as "The Giant Danio" (Danio aquepinneatus) Barbs and Rasboras. Any medium sized fish that like water movement in the aquarium. Diet: In their natural habitat their diet consists of aquatic insects and larvae. In an aquarium set-up they like worm foods such as frozen bloodworm and whiteworm. They feed very much like the Tatia species from South America where they feed frantically on the move, twisting and turning to take the food. Etymology: The specific name tenuispinis: tenuis, thin; spinis, spine, referring to short and slender dorsal and pectoral-fin spines.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Amblycipitidae

Distribution:

Asia: Gházipur, India. Type locality: Gházipur [India].

Size:

6.5cm (2½ins)

Temp:

18-22°C (63-71°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2023).
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2000. A review of the genus Amblyceps (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae) in Indochina, with descriptions of five new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(4):335-348
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Amblyceps tenuispinis

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