Thunder Dragon Fish
The Thunderstorm is a species of fish belonging to the Phylum Chordata, the suborder Radiata, the order Perch, the suborder Pterophoridae, and the family Pterophoridae. This taxon is a common species distributed in China and is a very common edible fish. As ornamental fish, the more well-known ones range from giant pencil fish to petite colorful thunder dragons.
Chinese scientific name: Thunder Dragon Fish
Realm: Animal kingdom
Phylum: Phylum Chordata
Class: Bony fish
Suborders: Order radiata suborder
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Suborder
Family: Fish family
Genus: Spp
Species: Thunder Arowana
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Moon fish
Alias: Pearl Red Thunder Dragon. Guangdong called: seven star fish, mountain flower fish, mountain spot fish, point scale fish, scale star fish, star light fish; Guangxi called: star fish, Zhang Gong fish. Edible fish.
Features: The head is large and broad, the snout is short and blunt, the mouth is large, the nasal tube is thick, and it extends forward over the upper lip. The scales are larger, the scales on the top of the head are enlarged but irregular, and the scales on the side of the head are also larger. There are 7 to 11 "<" silver-gray markings on the side of the body. Males are slightly larger, with dense small spots all over the body, especially around the fin and cloaca cloacing holes, and a darker abdomen, while the female has a soft, swollen, pale, elastic, slightly rounded and blunt head, and less star spots throughout the body.
Height and weight: the longest is about 30 cm, and the weight is generally 100 to 250 grams.
Growth and reproduction: The moon carp is a broad temperature fish, strong adaptability, survival water temperature is 1 ~ 38 °C, feeding water temperature is 12 ~ 32 ° C, growth water temperature is 13 ~ 30 °C, the most suitable growth water temperature is 15 ~ 30 °C, the water temperature drops to 12 ° C and begins not to eat. Under domesticated conditions, it prefers to eat compound feed and frozen fresh fish. The age of primary sexual maturity is 2 winters, and the artificially farmed fish is 1 winter age, and the relative amount of eggs conceived is about 500. The reproductive period is From April to June, may to July is the peak of spawning, the breeding water temperature is 18 ~ 28 ° C, and the broodstock have the instinct of pairing, nesting and protecting young. In the cold winter, they often dive into caves or drill into the mud to avoid the cold and overwinter. After hatching for 2 days, the juveniles open their mouths to eat outside food, and the bait is rotifers. As fish grow, the proportion of larvae that feed on branches, copepods and mosquitoes increases rapidly. Fish tank culture moon snakehead about 10cm is the best, easy to train and easy to open. It can be polycultured with adult fighting fish, trout, small catfish, koi and other series of fish.
The surface of the moon corpus has white stars and red star spots, and some people name the moon ray dragon pearl white thunder dragon and pearl red thunder dragon, in fact, they are all moon snakes, and originally only the name of pearl red thunder dragon.
Broad-fronted snakehead
Aliases: Southern Snakehead, Rainbow Thunder Dragon, White-edged Snakehead, Bighead Fish, Horsemanfish, Snakehead Fish, etc.
Appearance: The body shape is rod-shaped, the scales of the head are larger than on the trunk, the nostrils have a duct membrane, and there are small gray spots on the scales of the whole body. The spots on each fin are scattered. The most peculiar ones are the white edges on the edges of the fins, especially on the caudal fins. The body is cylindrical in shape, and the posterior side is flattened. The head is large, extremely wide and flattened, and its width is greater than the body width. The kiss is quite short and rounded. The mouth is large, proximal, the jaw is thinly toothed, and the anterior nasal canal hangs over the upper lip. The body is scaled , the head is large and irregular. The lateral line breaks. The pectoral fin is long, the ventral fin is very small, the caudal fin is rounded, the dorsal and fins are long, the color is monotonous in juvenile age, and the dorsal fin is bright in color and metallic blue-green in adulthood, and the edges are orange-red, blue, and black (different forms of expression according to different subspecies).
Height and weight: up to 20 cm in length, dorsal fin with a faint blue color, caudal fin with a faint red.
Growth and reproduction: about 2 years of sexual maturity, spawning period of April to June. Broodstock have the habit of nesting, egg protection, and juvenile protection. They spawn on the shores of aquatic grasses. The number of eggs in the womb is about 10,000, the eggs are bright yellow, floating, and the egg diameter is about 2 mm.
Super Shape Change:
1. Liao fireback, Laotian specialty.
2. Red Thunder Dragon is also widely distributed in the southeast of a small Thunder Dragon with a maximum size of only 20 cm. It is covered with a pale or dark red color, which is the most beautiful of the small thunder dragons.
3. Blood spot thunder dragon, blood spot spot type 1 and blood spot type 2. Blood spots type 2 are characterized by blood spots in the eyes.
4. Assam Ray Dragon.
Rainbow Thunder Dragon is the cheapest of the Thunder Dragon ornamental fish, with medium body length, suitable for tank culture.
Striped snakeheads
Striated snakeheads are synonymous with wire snakeheads. Maximum length: 31.0 cm.
African Thunderstorm, I used to call it African Blackfish because their body color is very similar, the only difference is that African Thunderosaurus temper is gentle, up to 40cm.
Golden cobra Thunder Dragon, scientific name orange spotted snakehead. Discovered in 2000, it is a carnivore living in streams, ponds and swamps adjacent to the Brahmaputra River, as well as in the subtropical rainforest of northern Assam, India. They prefer cooler water, about 18 to 24 °C. It is produced in the freshwater basins of India and Pakistan. The body length of 80cm, the oversized individual and the very beautiful body color are the most attractive places of the fish, but under the beautiful appearance hides a fierce personality, and the fish that is smaller than its body is all taken down and grows rapidly. Maybe a playmate who was similar in size to a cobra thunder dragon a few months ago will become its belly food in a few months, so some people call it a melee's nightmare.
Burgundy Thundersaurus is also a small Thunderstorm that is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, with a maximum size of only 20 cm. It is covered with a pale or dark red color, which is the most beautiful of the small thunder dragons.
Bakarelong is found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins of India and Bangladesh (Brahmaputra, China). Bacaretosaurus is a very rare large ornamental fish of the family Fish, and in its birthplace is also a protected species that is strictly forbidden to be hunted. Adult fish are large and colorful, which is a fantastic breed in the eyes of many Thunder Dragon aquarists, but its high price makes many aquarists prohibitive, and it is an absolute luxury.
Colorful Thunder Dragon Fish
Colorful thunderstorms are distributed in the Brahmaputra River basin. Colorful Thunder Dragon was discovered in 1991 by a German tropical fish collector named HeikoBleheri, and then introduced it to the aquarium market, because of the colorful thunder arowana, so it was greatly received after being launched on the market, but because the price of the colorful thunder arowana was not low at that time, it was not very popular at that time.
Conservation measures
1, tank maintenance pay attention to protective measures such as capping, Thunder Dragon loves to escape from prison.
2, try not to mix different varieties of Thunder Dragon, Thunder Dragon field consciousness is super strong, the battle for territory will fight you to death.
3, the tank feeding as far as possible to choose the grass tank, grass tank breeding more profitable color. Avoid rushing the water flow. If you want to keep more than one (it is not recommended to keep more than 1 fish in the same tank for non-fish), you should put more obstacles in the fish tank to hide. Thunder Dragon generally has the habit of liking darkness, loving to burrow, cave dwelling, and living in a cluster.
4, feed to Qingdao prawns, red worms, bread worms, small fish, artificial feed (it is recommended to feed animal feed), Qingdao prawns remember to head, otherwise the fish is easy to get stuck, the sharp shell is easy to puncture the fish stomach, causing enteritis and other diseases, some thunder dragon feeding artificial feed needs to be trained.
5, the water temperature should not be more than 2 degrees of error, the feeding temperature is 20 ~ 28 degrees Celsius, the most suitable temperature is 24 ~ 26 degrees.
6. Most of the thunder dragons are camp benthic fish, often diving in the bottom of the water, and some thunder dragons have cruise nature (MacRay dragon, colorful walrus Thunder Dragon, etc.).
7. The thunder arowana has auxiliary respiratory organs, can live in a turbid or low dissolved oxygen environment, and will not die from water for a short time.
8. There is no special requirement for water quality, and the most suitable water quality is weak acidic soft water (water quality varies from region to region, please measure it yourself).
Family genus
Fish family
The head is flattened, resembling a snake's head. Large mouth, anterior position. Both jaws, plough bones, and palate bones have villous or canine teeth. The supragill cavity has a well-developed gill organ (parabreather) that is formed by the expansion of parts of the gill bone and hyoid jaw on the first gill arch. The top of the head has large scales, and the head and body are rounded. The lateral line is often broken in two above the anus, and the dorsal and fins are spineless. There are 2 genera and 18 species worldwide, and 1 genera and 6 species in China.
Genus Ichthyosaurus
The posterior end of the maxilla extends almost below the posterior edge of the eye. The end of the tongue is rounded or pointed, and the anterior end is free. Gill rakers are small, granular or nodular. Pyloric blind sac with or without. The maw is present , single-chambered , elongated , and backwards deep into the caudal stalk. No swim bladder tubes. There are 6 species in China and 1 species in Tianjin.