Leopard bushfish
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Leopard bushfish ( Ctenopoma acutirostre ) |
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The leopard bushfish ( Ctenopoma acutirostre ) belongs to the bush fish (Ctenopoma) genus within the climbing fish family (Anabantidae).
features
The dark spots on a light surface are typical of this fish. The arrangement of the spots is individual for each animal. Another characteristic of these animals are the large brown eyes, which suggest that these animals are active at night. The mouth of these fish can snap out in a flash, creating a vacuum that pulls prey swimming by into the mouth. It is rather difficult to tell the two sexes apart, but the males are somewhat larger than the females and the dorsal fin rays are more powerful. The females are smaller and have fewer body spots.
Occurrence
The leopard bushfish is found in the catchment areas of the Congo . There he lives in densely overgrown riverside regions.
Way of life
This fish usually hides during the day and tends to avoid daylight, it lurks for prey swimming by at night. It feeds on larvae and small crabs, larger specimens also eat smaller fish. The leopard bushfish is a very slow fish that can often hold out for hours without moving.
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
Web links
- Leopard Bushfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Ctenopoma acutirostre in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Moelants, T., 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2013.