Pipe fish
Indostomus paradoxus
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A tiny fish from Myanmar that lives on the bottom of still waters — canals, ditches and vegetated swamps — and eats worms and other small invertebrates.
- Scientific name
- Indostomus paradoxus
- Family
- Indostomidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Indostomidae
- Order
- Synbranchiformes
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 22–27 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 3 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 16 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 40 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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