Petricola
Aloe petricola is used to treat stomach issues and the sap of its leaves is also used to treat wounds and minor burns.
Petricola. Aloe petricola is a lovely addition to the water wise garden needs little care and is able to grow in difficult rocky places. The petricola catfish is known only from the northern rocky shorelines of lake tanganyika africa. Tall 45 60 cm and 2 3 ft.
The aquarium should be spacious with a soft sandy substrate in order to protect the sensory barbels. According to the world register of marine species database species within the genus petricola include. Petricola is actually bred quite often in aquaria.
They are also well suited to sloping banks and even in containers. Petricola sp dwarf and s. The others also being tanganyikan synodontis species.
Synodontis petricola mathes 1959. Aloe petricola grows well in cultivation and is a welcome addition to a water wise garden needing little maintenance given the right environment and is able to grow in those difficult rocky places found in some gardens and is therefore perfect for landscaped rockeries. Some people regard synodontis as being rabid killers but if kept with larger cichlids they do quite well.
Synodontis petricola known as the cuckoo catfish or the pygmy leopard catfish is a species of upside down catfish endemic to burundi zambia the democratic republic of the congo and tanzania where it is only known from lake tanganyika. Unlike the majority of the genus s. There are a few varieties with small and large spots that abound in different parts of the lake with trade names such as s.
It is usually an open spawning egg scatterer but it is also one of the few fish known to exhibit a method of spawning known as brood parasitism. They are often confused with synodontis multipunctatis which comes from the same african lake. With beautiful finnage and a relatively gentle temperament synodontis catfish are omnivorous scavengers that will eat algae pellets flakes and even live food.
It was first described by belgian ichthyologist hubert matthes in 1959. Petricola dactylus sowerby 1823 petricola donnae petuch 1998. His is one of the smallest of the lake tanganyika synodontis and it also one of the prettiest from the lake.
However synodontis multipuncatis are also found throughout lake tanganyika and the surrounding rivers. Planting them in groups make for a spectacular sight. Petricola brugieri hanley.
Petricola definition is a genus the type of the family petricolidae of bivalve mollusks living in holes that they excavate in rocks clay or mud and having an oval shell slightly gaping behind a large mantle and a small foot. Petricola sp large or giant.
