Kaudi
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Above Spotted Kaudi, female, below, male of Endler's Guppy . |
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| Phalloceros caudimaculatus | ||||||||||||
| ( Hensel , 1868) |
The speckled mosquitofish ( Phalloceros caudimaculatus ), also Schwanzfleckkärpfling , Einfleckkärpfling , Rautenfleckkärpfling or Vielfleckkärpfling called, is a fish of the subfamily of live-bearing tooth carp . Its distribution area extends from Rio de Janeiro south to Uruguay , Paraguay and north-western Argentina . He lives in ponds, ponds, ponds and streams.
features
Females reach a total length of 4 to 5 cm, males a standard length of 2.5 to 3 cm. The appearance is typical of viviparous toothcarps, the color is gray-olive or olive-green, the unpaired fins are often yellowish, the dorsal fin of the males is often lined with black. The male gonopodium has a characteristic downward-curved hook.
Fin formula : dorsal 7–8, anal 9–11.
Reproduction
After a gestation period of 24 to 30 days, female chewing birds give birth to 10 to 50, very large females also 80, young fish that are 5 to 6 mm long at birth.
Aquaristics
The Kaudi was the first viviparous toothcar in 1898 to be imported to Germany for the purpose of keeping aquariums, and it has contributed significantly to the popularization of keeping tropical fish in aquariums. Back then, up to 150 gold marks were paid for a breeding pair . Today its importance is rather minor in view of the numerous much more colorful tropical ornamental fish . In the aquarium hobby, a color morph known as a spotted kaudi , which is characterized by a more or less strong black spotting (males usually more than females), is most widespread. Another morph is the reddish-brown spotless Kaudi, also known as the "gold gambuse".
literature
- Dieter Gentzsch: Phalloceros caudimaculatus. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 767 f.
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
Web links
- Kaudi on Fishbase.org (English)
- www.aquanet.de (photo)
- www.zierfischverzeichnis.de