Parailia
congica Boulenger, 1899
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4 pairs of barbels. Feed
mainly on aquatic and small terrestrial insects. Oviparous, eggs
are unguarded. Aquarium Care: Better to be kept
in groups of at least four as they will not do too well as solitary
animals. Quite a delicate catfish for the aquarium so would need
good filtration and water changes adhered to. Diet:
Daphnia and frozen mosquito larvae. |
| Common
Name: |
African glass
catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Parailia congiga,
P. longifilis |
| Family: |
Schilbeidaecipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Congo Basin. Type locality: Ebinga (rivière
du lac Léopold II). |
| Size:
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9cm.
(3½ins) |
| Temp: |
23-26°C
(73-79°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5
-7.2. |
| Reference: |
Baensch, H.A.
and R. Riehl 1985 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag
für Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version
(11/2009).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
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Family:
Schilbeidae
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Parailia congica
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