Genus Slender-tailed lipocarpus
Unique in size, it ambushes mainly in the grass in the wild, sneaking up on other nearby fish and biting their fins. They have a unique longitudinal stripe arrangement on their caudal fins in order to visually destroy the contours of the caudal fins to prevent them from being attacked by their kind.
Spotted small rocket (
Boulengeri Phago
Brinell's fine-tailed carp
It can reach a length of up to 15 cm and is distributed in the middle and upper reaches of the Congo River Basin.
This is the skull of this fish, is it more magical to see its teeth and upper and lower jaw structure?
(3) Genus Long lipid carp
Once classified under the genus Slender-tailed Carp, it was only introduced in Taiwan many years ago. The habits are basically the same as those of the small rockets.
Black Needle Small Rocket (
Ichtyborus ornatus
) as a long fat carp
It can reach a length of up to 15 cm and is found in Lake Malebo in the Congo River Basin and some small tributaries nearby.
(4) Genus Elijacula
Their methods of preventing their caudal fins from being attacked by their peers differ from those of the genus Long-Fat carp and the Genus Slender-tailed Liponet. Instead of destroying the contour of the tail fin with color differences, they directly make the tail fin transparent and small, making it difficult for similar fish to find, so as to avoid being attacked. Like the Black Needle Rocket, this fish has never appeared on the mainland market. And because of the time reasons and the social media on both sides of the strait, it is really difficult for me to contact the people who have raised these fish in the past. Therefore, their feeding habits can only be speculated based on the small rockets of the plaque.
Divine Needle Rocket (
Belonophago tinanti
Tissich's needlefish
It can reach a length of up to 18 cm and is distributed in the Lake Malebo and Ubangi river basins of the Congo River Basin.
The above three species of fish, they belong to different genera. But because the body type and behavior are similar, I decided to introduce them together.
They all belong to the subfamily of the polygondrical carp family , which prefers to eat the fins of other fish. It is reasonable to say that the habit of eating fish fins is not uncommon among fish, but there are not many fish that feed on fish fins. The subfamily Longiperidae is one of the representative taxa. Most of the relevant materials on the Internet will write that they not only eat fish fins, but also eat various small insects and artificial feed. But from the experience of a friend of mine in raising small rockets, it seems that they don't seem to eat anything other than fins at all. And the feeding efficiency is very high, and it can bite a butterfly koi alive into a "fish stick" in a few days. Therefore, I personally consider them to be very unsuitable for polyculture and not very suitable for rearing in fish tanks (unless they are given fins all the time). However, the example I gave may also be a little one-sided, after all, the fish's feeding habits are also affected by individual differences and status factors, but once raising such fish, please be prepared not to eat anything other than the fins.
As for water quality, they, like most species in this article, have no special requirements (in fact, most African fish are quite skinny).
Because the taxonomic span of the fish introduced in this article is somewhat high, it is introduced separately, but it is briefly summarized at the end.
1. Most of the fish appearing in this article prefer weakly acidic or medium-sized soft water, but in fact, in terms of the practical experience of breeders. If breeding is not considered, they are not too strict about water quality. Ph should not be too low or too high, and the water should not be too hard.
2. In terms of food, the African lipid carp family is an omnivorous fish, which can be fed artificial feed or various small insects, as well as vegetable leaves. The genus Polygondrum should increase the proportion of vegetables in the food, and those small fin rockets are likely to eat only the fins.
3. In terms of water temperature, the species introduced in this article are not particularly afraid of heat, and 22-28 ° C is completely ok.
4. In terms of compatibility, except for the small fin rocket that will frantically bite the fins, other species are relatively easy to polyhabit.
This introduction is coming to an end. When it comes to African tropical ornamental fish outside the Three Lakes, in fact, a large number of species have entered the domestic market in the past five or six years, and while players in China are gradually beginning to recognize them and accept them, their hometowns are also facing increasingly serious environmental damage problems. But both scientists and players are powerless against the environmental problems of sub-Saharan Africa. Here I still recommend that capable players try to try to breed more of these species, after all, these beautiful figures have not been displayed in front of Chinese players for several years.
The article is reproduced on the Internet