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Hassar wilderi Kindle, 1895

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Danny Blundell (2)

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Hassar wilderi tends to be a bit problamatic to keep than H. orestis as it is more suceptible to infections, so clean water is necesary to keep them in good health. Aquarium Care: For a large species it is non aggressive and can be kept with smaller species such as small characins, dwarf cichlids, small labyrinth species and also other small catfish such as Corydoras and the smaller members of the Loracariids. Provide a soft substrate such as fine sand as they like to sift through this for edibles and a sharp substrate could cause damage to its fine feathered barbels. Lone individuals will not do well in an aquarium setup so a group of three or more will be more beneficial to the long term health of this species. A planted aquarium is a must as they like to hide in the roots more so than having a rock or wood setup. Diet: Tablet foods, small live and frozen foods such as worms and Daphnia. Etymology: The specific name wilderi: In honour of American zoologist Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), Cornell University, who sent the collection made by C. F. Hartt in Brazil to Carl H. Eigenmann for identification (and then transmitted to Kindle for final determination).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Tocantins River basin.

Size:

20.0cm. (8ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (71-77°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.0.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hassar wilderi

Hassar wilderi

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