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Pareutropius longifilis (Steindachner, 1914)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-4; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 50. Diagnosis: two pairs of mandibular barbels; adipose fin small; dorsal fin with only 3-4 soft branched rays; at least 50 branched anal fin rays; 13-15 gill rakers on lower part of anterior branchial arch. Habitat: Inhabits flowing rivers. Reproduction: Oviparous, distinct pairing. Eggs are unguarded. Aquarium Care: You will need to purchase at least 6 of this species as they are a schooling fish and need their own company. If you only buy one or two they will hide and waste away, but apart from that they are easy to keep and seem to live for a considerable length of time if given a spacious tank with a good water current and the undertaking of water changes when needed. As with the rest of the genus it swims with its tail down in a tank with dither fish like small characins or barbs. Diet: Feeds at least partly on aquatic and terrestrial insects. In the aquarium feed live or frozen bloodworms, Daphnia and mosquito larvae. Will take its food from midwater and is not keen on eating from the substrate.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Eutropius longifilis, Eutropiellus longifilis, Paretropius micristius

Family:

Schilbeidae

Distribution:

Africa: Eastward flowing rivers north of the Ruvuma, Lake Chiuta, Ruvuma system, Lake Chilwa. Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika [Kiperege].

Size:

9.0cm. (3½ins)

Temp:

23-27°C (73-81°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1995 Aquarien Atlas. Band 4. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Melle, Germany. 864 p.
De Vos, L., 1995. Results of a systematic revision of African schilbeids at the species level. p.113-364. In L. De Vos. A systematic revision of the African Schilbeidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes) with an annotated bibliography, Chapter 3. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr. Zool. vol. 271.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2021 ).

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Pareutropius longifilis

Pareutropius longifilis
Kivukoni, Morogoro, Tanzania

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