Pachypanchax omalonotus (Duméril, 1861) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : difficult to maintain in aquarium; prefers aquaria with rocks, plants and driftwood .
  • Common names : Powder-blue panchax (English), Viherkäpykilli (Finnish), Madagaskar-Hechtling (German) .
  • Current distribution known : western and northern Madagascar and adjacent islands .
  • Ecology : not a seasonal killifish .
  • Food habits : ants and other insects (stranding); also, equally, larvae of insects and small atyd shrimps from substratum (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Habitat / home range : brooks and small rivers, mostly in quiet parts | occurs in brooks and small rivers (no algae available in biotopes) (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Life span : 5 years in aquarium (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Scheel, 1968 a .
  • Reproduction : laying egg on aquatic plants and roots; 2 weeks incubation; eggs diameter 1.5 mm; extended breeding season in nature, from the beginning of the rainy season, late October (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Reproduction_references : Arnoult, 1955 | Cahalan, 1957 | Franz, 1958 | Keller, 1980 | Van den Nieuwenhuizen, 1958 b .
  • Scales : Scheel, 1968 a .
  • Size : 100 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Poecilia nuchimaculata Guichenot, 1866: 144. Type locality: "Eaux saumâtres de Madagascar". Holotype MNHN n° 2937.
    • Poecilia omalonota Duméril, 1858 d (1861): 257, pl. 22, fig. 7, 7 a, 7 b. Type locality: "Nossi-Bé", Nossi-Bé island, northern Madagascar (12°42'S-48°16'E). Syntypes MNHN n° 2935 (16).