Pygmy Leopard Catfish
These catfish are best kept with other synodontis and african cichlids from.
Pygmy leopard catfish. It is an amazing small fish that got its name due to its tiny size. Leopard catfish corydoras trilineatus. It is a very well known catfish for domestic aquariums because it does not grow very much and will remain as good dimension not.
Published august 6 2019 author. Black spots cover the body and the dorsal fin. Cuckoo catfish even spotted synodontis pygmy leopard catfish synodontis petricola synonyms.
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The dwarf cuckoo catfish synodontis petricola is a small and very popular species that is native to africa s lake tanganyika. This tank picture looks better than 80 33 of tank pictures in this category. It was first described by belgian ichthyologist hubert matthes in 1959.
It allows keeping pygmy corydoras even in nano. It has leopard like spotting across its head and body as well as black fins with white margins. This species are not as brightly colored as other fishes but its size is its sufficient advantage.
Ranked 1469 out of 7468 freshwater fish pictures worldwide. Synodontis petricola is a small catfish from northern lake tanganyika in africa. The dwarf cuckoo catfish is one of the most attractively colored manageably sized and most popular fish of its genus.
All aquarium foods are readily accepted and these fish are heavy eaters. A smaller synodontis this catfish will only reach a size of 3 5 and is a very easy fish to feed. A lot of new catfish species of corydoras genus has appeared recently.
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In nature live it in africa tanzania malawi sahara and reef valley. 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. The leopard catfish corydoras trilineatus is frequently confused with the corydoras julii you can tell them apart by looking at the horizontal stripes.
Kashekezi northern lake tanganyika. Pygmy leopard catfish. The dwarf synodontis petricola named olso cuckoo catfish and pygmy leopard catfish is a variety of catfish derive from the mochokidae family.
Sin oh don tiss pet ree kola. Corydoras pygmaeus is one of them. The species name petricola is derived from a combination of the latin petra.
