Clown Featherback
May 17th, 2014 — 4:37pm
This species is also referred to as ‘clown knifefish’ in the aquarium trade. It arguably has no place in the ornamental hobby given its adult size and specialised requirements but remains inexplicably popular and an albino form has even been line-bred for the purpose.
It can be distinguished from all congeners by presence of one or more rows of large ocellated spots above the base of the anal-fin, but…
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Giant Featherback
May 17th, 2014 — 2:51pm
This species is not collected for the aquarium trade at time of writing.
In contrast to other members of the genus older juvenile and adult individuals lack dark markings on the body while the jaw is more pronounced.
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Bronze Featherback
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
This species is also referred to as ‘Asian knifefish’ or ‘ghost knifefish’ in the aquarium trade in the aquarium trade but arguably has no place in the ornamental hobby given its adult size and specialised requirements.
It is sometimes confused with the African species Xenomystus nigri but is easily told apart by its larger adult size and presence (vs. absence) of a dorsal fin.
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Royal Featherback
March 13th, 2012 — 1:20pm
This species is also referred to as ‘royal knifefish’ in the aquarium trade but arguably has no place in the ornamental hobby given its adult size and specialised requirements.
It can be distinguished from congeners by presence of many small, dark spots on the anterior portion of the body which merge to form oblique, irregular stripes extending onto the anal and caudal fins posteriorly.
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Indian Featherback
March 13th, 2012 — 1:20pm
This species’ name has been widely misapplied in the aquarium trade and hobbyist literature, most often in reference to the Southeast Asian species C. ornata, but unlike its relative is in fact very rarely exported for ornamental purposes although its is fished and cultured for food in India.
It can be told apart from C. ornata by possessing fe…
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