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| Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900, the
Slender Lungfish. Central Africa, lower and middle Congo. To fifty
two inches in length.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8736&genusname=Protopterus&speciesname=dolloi |
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| Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker 1850,
the Fire Eel. Asia; Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia. To forty inches
in length (not a mis-print). Cond.s: pH 6-8, dH 5-19, temp. 24-28
C. This species is a standard "odd-ball" in the aquarium
field. Easily lost on first arrival... from damage in collection,
shipping, subsequent disease. |
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| Monocirrhus polyacanthus Heckel 1840, the
Amazon Leaffish. South America; Guyana to Brazil and the Peruvian
Amazon. to about three inches in length. Feeder on live fishes.
Cond.s: pH 5-6, dH 5-8, temp. 22-25 C. A beauty that perishes all
too frequently from too hard, alkaline water conditions, starvation
and being placed with too active tankmates. Aquarium photo |
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| Chitala chitala (Hamilton 1822), the Clown
Knife Fish. A hardy animal that gets to four feet in length. East
Asia, mainly the Indus and Ganges of India. pH 6.0-8.0, dH
5-19. |
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