Pareutropius
debauwi (Boulenger, 1900)
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Hippocampus
Bildarchiv
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| Relevant
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Aquarium Care:
You will need to purchase at least 6 of this species as they are
a schooling fish and need their own company. If you only buy one
or two they will hide and waste away, but apart from that they
are easy to keep and seem to live for a considerable length of
time if given a spacious tank with a good water current and the
undertaking of water changes when needed. There is another species
from the same genera, P.buffei,
that is sometimes
confused with P. debauwi but the former has got a second
body stripe that P.debauwi does not possess, and it
has a more rounded caudal fin. P.debauwi
is is not such a colourful fish as P. buffei. P. buffei
has a blotch on each caudal fin whereas P.debauwi has not
and a dark edge shows to the adipose fin of P. debauwi.
P. debauwi is a lot rarer in the hobby
than P.buffei. |
| Common
Name: |
Debauwi Cat
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| Synonyms: |
Eutropius debauwi,
Eutropiellus debauwi, E. kasai Ansorgia debauwi, A. debauwi vittata,
A. vittata, A. vittatta bistriata, Eutropiella debauwi, Eutropiellus
debauwi vittata, E. vittatus, Ansorgiichthys vittatus |
| Family: |
Schilbeidaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Ogowe River in Gabon, Congo system and Chiloango River. Type
locality: Uerre. |
| Size:
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7.0cm.
(2¾ins) |
| Temp: |
23-27°C
(73-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-8.0. |
| Reference: |
ScotCat Factsheet
no. 53. Nov. 2000. |
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Family:
Schilbeidae
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