Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the killifish index How to look afterJordanella floridae American flagfish Goode & Bean 1879 (Other members of the genus Jordanella) ADULT SIZE: 9 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-27 C FOOD: Feed Jordanella floridae a predominantly vegetarian diet DISTRIBUTION: This species […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the oddball index How to look afterPolypterus ornatipinnis Ornate bichir Boulenger, 1902 (Other members of the genus Polypterus) ADULT SIZE: 25 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-28 C FOOD: Feed Polypterus ornatipinnis live foods and small fish DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cyprinid index How to look afterBalantiocheilos melanopterus Silver shark, Bala shark, Tricolor Shark, Tricolor sharkminnow (Bleeker, 1851) (Other members of the genus Balantiocheilos) ADULT SIZE: 35 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Balantiocheilos melanopterus live and dried […]

catfish characins barbs and danios cichlids killifish labyrinth fish loaches livebearers oddballs rainbowfish Species Aequidens curviceps species profile | images | breeding reports | similar speciesAltolamprologus calvus species profile | images | breeding reports | similar species Ameca Splendens (Butterfly goodeid) species profile | images | breeding reports | similar species Ancistrus dolichopterus (Dolly pleco) […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterSynodontis eupterus Feather fin catfish Boulenger, 1901 (Other members of the genus Synodontis) ADULT SIZE: 15 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-27 C FOOD: Feed Synodontis eupterus live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the killifish index How to look afterSimpsonichthys magnificus (Costa & Brasil) 1991 Simponichthys magnificus is one of the more colourful South American annual fish more images here (Other members of the genus Simpsonichthys) ADULT SIZE: 4 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterCorydoras panda Panda corydoras, Panda catfish Nijssen & Isbrucker, 1971 (Other members of the genus Corydoras) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 22-26 C FOOD: Feed Corydoras panda small live-foods and fine grade […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterSemaprochilodus taeniurus Silver prochilodus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Other members of the genus Semaprochilodus) ADULT SIZE: 25 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Semaprochilodus taeniurus a predominantly vegetarian diet DISTRIBUTION: This species […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the characin index How to look afterMyleus rubripinnis Red finned silver dollar, Moon redhook Mueller and Troschel, 1844 (Other members of the genus Myleus) ADULT SIZE: 12 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Myleus rubripinnis anything, […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cyprinid index How to look afterBalantiocheilos melanopterus Silver shark, Bala shark, Tricolor Shark, Tricolor sharkminnow (Bleeker, 1851) (Other members of the genus Balantiocheilos) ADULT SIZE: 35 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Balantiocheilos melanopterus live and dried […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the livebearer index How to look afterXiphophorus maculatus Platy (Guenther, 1866) (Other members of the genus Xiphophorus) ADULT SIZE: 6 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately hard and alkaline TEMPERATURE RANGE: 21-25 C FOOD: Feed Xiphophorus maculatus small live-foods and fine grade dried foods. Some […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cyprinid index How to look afterPuntius titteya Cherry barb Deraniyagala, 1929 (Other members of the genus Puntius) ADULT SIZE: 5 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Puntius titteya small live-foods and fine grade dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the cichlid index How to look afterGeophagus Steindachneri Red Humped Eartheater Eigenmann & Hildebrandt, 1910 (Other members of the genus Geophagus) ADULT SIZE: 20 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic TEMPERATURE RANGE: 24-28 C FOOD: Feed Geophagus Steindachneri live and dried foods […]

Species Profile | Images | Breeding Report | Similar Species back to the catfish index How to look afterSynodontis schoutedeni Jaguar catfish David, 1936 (Other members of the genus Synodontis) ADULT SIZE: 14 cm WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C FOOD: Feed Synodontis schoutedeni live and dried foods DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from […]