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| Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque 1820), the Black
Bullhead Catfish. To 62 cm., 3.6 kg, some ten years in age. Cond.s:
pH 6.5-8, dH 4-25, temp. 8-30 C. North America; Great Lakes to
Mexico. Nocturnal feeders in the wild on insects, fishes,
crustaceans, worms, algae. Aquarium photo. |
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| Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Kner 1834), the
Leopard Pleco. To 50 cm. pH range: 6.0 -- 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19,
Tropical, South America: Middle and upper Amazon and Orinoco
basins: http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12219 |
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| With more than one hundred described species, the
genus Hypostomus is the largest of the family. The most commonly
imported and cultured aquarium-use "Pleco", Hypostomus
plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758) can become attain twenty inches in
length. (Image: an aquarium pic of Hypostomus
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| Otocinclus affinis
Steindachner 1877, the Golden Otocinclus, is
probably the most commonly imported species (out of southeastern
Brazil, near Rio de Janiero). It is brownish grey overall with a
darker lateral body band. Not the hardiest oto, this species
prefers soft, acidic water. |
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