Blood-red devil lamp, scientific name Hyphessobrycon piranga, produced in the Rio Papagaio, an upper tributary of the Rio Juruena River in Brazil, in the devil lamp family, blood red devil lamp belongs to the earlier fame, rare treasure. For a long time, the blood-red devil lamp has not been imported in bulk, and like many cocaer lamps and devil lamps, except for sporadic collection individuals in Japan, they can rarely be found in aquarium markets in other regions. It wasn't until 2016 that this situation improved, and the value of the Blood Red Devil Lantern gradually stabilized and began to enter the aquarium of ordinary players.
The blood red devil lamp body is about 4 cm long, the body color is as its name describes, bright red as blood, delicate, when the male fish is in a state of excitement in the fight, the whole fish seems to be stained red by blood, I have to sigh, this exaggerated body color, really can only be seen on the devil lamp. In the daily state, although the blood-red devil lamp is not blood-red, the fins of each fish also maintain a bright red color, so this fish is also a lampfish with ornamental value at any time.
The picture shows the blood-red devil lamp in the usual state~
In addition, the blood red devil lamp is also a typical sexually distorted species, male and female fish have different body colors, female fish body color is relatively simple, the color is yellow, but after stable feeding, the red in the body will gradually increase. In terms of body size, the blood-red devil lamp male is larger than the female, with slender fins and clear blue eyes, which is more eye-catching.
The picture shows the blood-red devil lamp mother fish~
This article was originally written by Hyphessobrycon piranga