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Nathan Lujan (2) GREEN FISH Aquarium (1)

Habitat: Ernstichthys live among the cobble substrates of piedmont rivers gushing out of the Andes Mountains, from Venezuela to southern Peru. (Lujan, N). Aquarium Care: Provide fine sand for them, which they use to burry themselves. Etymology: The genus name of Ernstichthys: m eans “Fish of Ernst”; A. Ernst worked at the Universidade Central de Venezuela. The specific name megistus: probably latinised form of the ancient Greek word megistos, which means “the greatest”.

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Hoplomyzon megistus

Aspredinidae

South America: Bobonaza and Marañon River basins of Ecuador and Peru. Type Locality: Small river off of the Río Chicherota, Río Bobonaza system, Prov. Pastaza, e. Ecuador.

6.5cm. (2½ins)

22-24°C (71-75°f.)

Aquarium Glaser. 16. August 2010.
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