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Amphilius cryptobullatus Skelton, 1986

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Amphilius cryptobullatus is a demersal species. It differs from all other Amphilius species in the development and extreme large size of the bilateral bony swimbladder capsules (Skelton 1986). Aquarium Care: Can be kept in aquaria with a small grained gravel or sand substrate, and well planted with a slight current to facilitate their natural habitat. Provide rockwork and caves. This genera prefer cooler temperatures in the aquarium. Diet: Mosquito larvae, Tubifex, Cyclops, Daphnia, grindal worms, vegetable food, tablet and flake. Etymology: The specific name cryptobullatus: –cryptos, hidden; bullatus, bubbled, referring to “prominent but externally unevident large cup-like swimbladder encapsulations”.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Amphiliidae

Distribution:

Africa: Luongo River, upper Congo River basin, Zambia. Type locality: Luongo River, Upper Zaire system, above and at Route 74 crossing, 10º11'S, 29º43'E, Zambia.

Size:

13.5cm. (5¼ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°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. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2016 ).
Moelants, T. 2010. Amphilius cryptobullatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.
Skelton, P.H., 1993. A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers. 388 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Amphilius cryptobullatus

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