Pareutropius
longifilis (Steindachner, 1914)
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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. As
with the rest of the genus it swims with its tail down in a tank
with dither fish like small characins or barbs. Diet:
Live or frozen bloodworms, Daphnia and mosquito larvae.
Will take its food from midwater and is not keen on eating from
the substrate. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
Eutropius
longifilis, Eutropiellus longifilis, Paretropius micristius |
| Family: |
Schilbeidaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
eastward flowing rivers north of the Ruvuma, Lake Chiuta, Ruvuma
system, Lake Chilwa. Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika
[Kiperege]. |
| Size:
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9.0cm.
(3½ins) |
| Temp: |
23-27°C
(73-81°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
| Reference: |
Baensch, H.A.
and R. Riehl 1995 Aquarien Atlas. Band 4. Mergus Verlag
GmbH, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle, Germany.
864 p. |
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Family:
Schilbeidae
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Pareutropius longifilis
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