False Bandit Cory
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
In the aquarium hobby, the population from the rio Tiquié has been referred to as ‘C084’, while a similar, but larger, form from the Río Huallaga in Peru is known as ‘C085’. Both forms have been marketed as C. sp. ‘mega metae’.
The existence of multiple, similarly-coloured species which coexist and sometimes form mixed schools is relatively common in the genus.
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Slate Cory
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
This species can be told apart from congeners by its uniformly greyish colour pattern, deep body (fitting 2.1-2.4 times in standard length), large eye (3.2-4.0 times in head length), having the pectoral fins completely surrounded by the coracoid, and relatively long dorsal-fin spine (1.1-1.2 times in head length).
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Oscar
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
This species is also referred to as ‘velvet cichlid’, ‘red oscar’, ‘tiger oscar’, or ‘marble cichlid’.
It is a popular aquarium fish although its adult size and typical life-span of 10-20 years must be taken into account before purchase. Numerous ornamental strains are now available, and while care is more-or-less identical for all of them a degree of additional care must be taken with the ‘long-finned’ variety which is a little less competitive than other forms.
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Striped Headstander
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
L. taeniata is the largest-growing and second most widely-distributed member of the genus although it’s a rarely-seen in the aquarium trade.
It can be distinguished from all congeners since it uniquely possesses 5 lateral scale rows between the lateral line and dorsal-fin origin (vs. 4 or 6–8 in the remaining species).
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Spotted Headstander
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
Omnivorous and will accept most foods offered, with the stomach contents of wild specimens varying on a seasonal basis but mostly comprising insects and insect larvae (orders Trichoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera) plus some terrestrial fruits and even scales of other fishes (Sánchez et al., 2003).
In the aquarium offer live Daphnia, Artemia, Moina, bloodowrm, etc., vegetable matter in the form of blanched spinach, lettuce, cucumber, fruit, algae wafers, etc., and good quality, sinking dried foods.
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Striped Headstander, Striped Anostomus, Prachtkopfsteher (DE)
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
A biotope-style set-up could consist of a sandy substrate, piles of smooth rocks and driftwood roots and branches, some of which should penetrate the water surface.
Aquatic vegetation can be included if you wish but is likely to be eaten.
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Gold-Striped Headstander, Ternetz's Anostomus, Goldstreifenkopfsteher (DE)
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
This species is widely-distributed in the Río Orinoco system in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela plus coastal drainages in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Essequibo and Mazaruni.
Type locality is ‘Palital, Estado Guárico, Venezuela’ which appears to correspond to a wetland called Esteros de Palital in the Aguaro-Guariquito National Park of Guárico state, northern Venezuela.
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Marbled Headstander, Brachsensalmler (DE)
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
Abramites spp. are separated from other anostomids primarily on the basis of their relatively deeper bodies and presence of a prominent, post-pelvic median keel, a feature unique to the genus.
At time of writing A. eques is the only other species recognised and is native to the Río Magdalena drainage in western Colombia.
It can be distinguished by possession of 13-14 bra…
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Keyhole Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:18pm
This species can be told apart from relatives by the characteristic ‘keyhole’ shaped marking on each side of the body.
It’s one of few fishes in which the current generic name is derived from the common name popularised in the aquarium hobby with ‘Cleithracara‘ a combination of the Greek kleithron, meaning lock, and, acará, the Guaraní word for cichlids.
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Cockatoo Cichlid
March 13th, 2012 — 1:18pm
Numerous ornamental forms of this species have been selectively line-bred for the aquarium trade, vernacular names for which include "sunset", "sunburst", "double red", "triple red", "gold", "white gold", "orange flash" and "albino". It has also been assigned the 'A' number A200 under the DATZ system with possibly conspecific, related forms similarly numbered A201, A202 and A203 depending on locality.
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