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(Mmm, right click, add, set as background...) Archive 35

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Epalzeorhynchos bicolor (Smith 1931), the Redtail Sharkminnow to science was Labeo bicolor, the Red Tail shark to the aquarium hobby.  Found originally in Thailand. Grows to a bit under five inches in length (if it doesn't jump out first). Cond.s: pH 6.5-7.5, dH to 15, temp. 22-26 C.  There are mutations of this species including albino.

Epalzeorhynchos munense (Smith 1934), sold interchangeably with E. frenatum as the Rainbow or Red-Finned Shark/minnow and Albino Shark in the aquarium trade. Differentiable by position of dorsal fin. Base starts ahead of pelvic fins in E. munense, just at in E. frenatus. To a little under five inches maximum length. 
 
Labeo (variegatus) cyclorhynchus Boulenger 1899, the Variegated Shark (to science, the Harlequin Sharkminnow).  Central Africa; Congo and Ogowe Rivers. To a little over six inches in length. Cond.s: temp. 21-27 C.
 
Luciosoma spilopleura Bleeker 1855, the Apollo Shark/minnow. Southeast Asia; Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra. To ten inches in length. Cond.s: pH 6.5-7, dH 5-8, temp. 24-27 C. Best kept singly. Other species in this genus are sold by this and other common names (L. bleekeri, L. setigerum, L. trinema).



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