Blue panchax
Aplocheilus panchax
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The blue panchax lives from Pakistan and India to Indonesia, in ponds, ditches, rice paddies, canals and estuaries — it even tolerates salt water. It stays at the surface and eats mainly insects, including mosquito larvae; it has been released in many places to control them. It has a pale spot on top of its head. It reaches 9 centimetres. It was one of the first tropical aquarium fish, in Europe since 1899.
- Scientific name
- Aplocheilus panchax
- Family
- Aplocheilidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Aplocheilidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus andamanicus, Aplocheilus argenteus, Aplocheilus buchanani, Aplocheilus carnaticus, Aplocheilus chrysostigmus, Aplocheilus dorsomarginatus, Aplocheilus javanica, Aplocheilus kuhlii, Aplocheilus lutescens, Aplocheilus marginatus, Aplocheilus mattei, Aplocheilus melanotopterus, Aplocheilus panchax dorsomarginatus, Aplocheilus panchax lutescens, Aplocheilus panchax marginatus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–25 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 9 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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