Redspotted panchax
Epiplatys lamottei
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A killifish from Guinea and Liberia that lives in small streams.
- Scientific name
- Epiplatys lamottei
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus lamottei, Epiplatys fasciolatus lamottei
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 18–23 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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