Dwarf panchax
Aplocheilus parvus
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A dwarf killifish from India and Sri Lanka, from fresh or brackish tanks, streams and rivulets overgrown with vegetation. It is considered difficult to keep in aquaria.
- Scientific name
- Aplocheilus parvus
- Family
- Aplocheilidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Aplocheilidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus blockii, Aplocheilus madrensis, Aplocheilus panchax, Aplocheilus panchax madrensis, Aplochielus blochii, Esox panchax, Haplochilus panchax madrensis, Panchax panchax blochii, Panchax parvus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 4 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 41 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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