Malabar Snakehead
July 2nd, 2013 — 7:43pm
This species was considered synonymous with the Indochinese congener C. micropeltes for over a century before being revalidated in 2011.
Like in C. micropeltes colour pattern varies depending on the age of the fish.
Juveniles possess two longitudinal black stripes on the head and body with the are…
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'Arulius' Barb
March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
D. exclamatio should also have a sub-terminal mouth and lack dorsal-fin filaments but some specimens possess a terminal mouth and/or possess dorsal filaments, and one specimen also had black caudal-fin tips as typically seen in D. filamentosa, whereas the description states that the fin tips are only dusky and lack distinctive markings.
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Two-spotted Barb
March 13th, 2012 — 1:19pm
Generally very peaceful making it an ideal resident of the well-researched community tank. As it places no special demands in terms of water chemistry it can be combined with many of the most popular fish in the hobby including other small cyprinids as well as tetras, livebearers, rainbowfishes, anabantoids, catfishes and loaches.
It’s a schooling species by nature, and at least 6-10 specimens should be purchased. Maintaining it in such…
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Many thanks cyprin, the image has now been removed.
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