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|sexing=:Difficult to visually sex, the female will become more broad in the belly when she is holding eggs.
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== Sexing ==
|tank_compatibility=:This is a peaceful shoaling fish and should be kept in groups of 5-6 or more. Best kept with other mid-bottom dwellers, as long as they're not fin nippers or bullies.
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:Difficult to visually sex, the female will become more broad in the belly when she is holding eggs.
|diet=:Should accept most meaty foods, is primarily an insectivore. Feed things like [[brine shrimp]], mosquito larvae and [[bloodworm]]. Should also accept floating pellet foods.
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|environment_specifics=:Must be kept in a spacious tank with a very secure lid as these fish are known to jump.
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== Tank compatibility ==
|behaviour=:An entirely-top dwelling peaceful fish.
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:This is a peaceful shoaling fish and should be kept in groups of 5-6 or more. Best kept with other mid-bottom dwellers, as long as they're not fin nippers or bullies.
|identification=:A typical Hatchetfish shape with a very deep triangular body and wing-like pectoral fins. The body is silver in colour and may have some faint dark spots. There is a slender black line from the caudal peduncle to mid-way along the body to the pectoral fins. The bottom of the belly to the caudal should also be edged in black.
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== Diet ==
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:Should accept most meaty foods, is primarily an insectivore. Feed things like [[brine shrimp]], mosquito larvae and [[bloodworm]]. Should also accept floating pellet foods.
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== Feeding regime ==
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:Feed once or twice a day.
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== Environment specifics ==
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:Must be kept in a spacious tank with a very secure lid as these fish are known to jump.
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== Behaviour ==
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:An entirely-top dwelling peaceful fish.
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== Identification ==
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:A typical Hatchetfish shape with a very deep triangular body and wing-like pectoral fins. The body is silver in colour and may have some faint dark spots. There is a slender black line from the caudal peduncle to mid-way along the body to the pectoral fins. The bottom of the belly to the caudal should also be edged in black.
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|Category=Fish, Fish (Freshwater), Oddballs, Hatchetfish, Shoaling Community Fish

Latest revision as of 03:03, 13 December 2017

Silver Hatchetfish

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Silver Hatchetfish

Gasteropelecus sternicla

76 Litres (20 US G.)

3-4.1cm (1.2-1.6 ")

sg

Freshwater

pH

6.0 - 7.0

23 -27 °C (73.4-80.6°F)

10-15 °d

1:3 M:F

Carnivore
Pellet Foods
Flake Foods
Live Foods

3-5 years

Family

Gasteropelecidae



Additional names

Silver Hatchetfish, River Hatchetfish, Common Hatchetfish, Black-Lined Hatchetfish

Additional scientific names

Clupea sternicla, Gasteropelecus argenteus, Gasteropelecus coronatus


Sexing[edit]

Difficult to visually sex, the female will become more broad in the belly when she is holding eggs.


Tank compatibility[edit]

This is a peaceful shoaling fish and should be kept in groups of 5-6 or more. Best kept with other mid-bottom dwellers, as long as they're not fin nippers or bullies.


Diet[edit]

Should accept most meaty foods, is primarily an insectivore. Feed things like brine shrimp, mosquito larvae and bloodworm. Should also accept floating pellet foods.


Feeding regime[edit]

Feed once or twice a day.


Environment specifics[edit]

Must be kept in a spacious tank with a very secure lid as these fish are known to jump.


Behaviour[edit]

An entirely-top dwelling peaceful fish.


Identification[edit]

A typical Hatchetfish shape with a very deep triangular body and wing-like pectoral fins. The body is silver in colour and may have some faint dark spots. There is a slender black line from the caudal peduncle to mid-way along the body to the pectoral fins. The bottom of the belly to the caudal should also be edged in black.

Pictures[edit]

External links[edit]

  • Fishbase (Mirrors:
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