Sixbar panchax
Epiplatys sexfasciatus
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A killifish from the West and Central African coast, from Gabon to Ghana, living in calm, weedy stretches of rivers, lakes, swamps and brooks. A surface predator, it eats insects and other small invertebrates.
- Scientific name
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aplocheilus sexfasciatus, Epiplatys multifasciatus, Epiplatys sexfasciatus baroi, Epiplatys sexfasciatus rathkei, Epiplatys sexfasciatus sexfasciatus, Epiplatys sexfasciatus togolensis, Epiplatys togolensis, Haplochilus sexfasciatus, Panchax ansorgei, Panchax sexfasciatus
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 20–27 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- 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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